CVE-2023-46051

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 17.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

3.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-03-27 00:00Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-04 18:18Z11 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-10-16

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 3.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

f20b3662d06fe449cf33c9787982394056d79d68a0384c7f38e13038c4afdeea

• tug.orghttps://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-August/049406.html
• seclists.org20240126 null pointer deference in tex-livehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/68mailing-list
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176822/tex-live-944e257-Null-Pointer.html