CVE-2023-31979: catdoc global buffer overflow -- by misuse of the option "-b" · Issue #9 · petewarden/catdoc

When the program input contains the option of "-b" , the program will cause global buffer overflow error.

Test Environment
Ubuntu 20.04, 64 bit catdoc (version: 0.95; )

How to trigger
Compile the program with AddressSanitizer
Run command $ .catdoc -b $POC
Details
ASAN report
$./catdoc -b $POC

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==928572==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: global-buffer-overflow on address 0x000000ddb81e at pc 0x0000004cfcf2 bp 0x7ffd66b3b610 sp 0x7ffd66b3b608
READ of size 2 at 0x000000ddb81e thread T0
    #0 0x4cfcf1 in process_file /home/root/FuzzDateset/catdoc/catdoc-0.95/src/reader.c:175:6
    #1 0x4d12a2 in analyze_format /home/root/FuzzDateset/catdoc/catdoc-0.95/src/analyze.c:38:10
    #2 0x4cd221 in main /home/root/FuzzDateset/catdoc/catdoc-0.95/src/catdoc.c:180:6
    #3 0x7fcb6627f082 in __libc_start_main /build/glibc-SzIz7B/glibc-2.31/csu/../csu/libc-start.c:308:16
    #4 0x41d44d in _start (/home/root/randomFuzz/catdoc/catdoc/catdoc_a_u_b/catdoc+0x41d44d)

0x000000ddb81e is located 2 bytes to the left of global variable 'buffer' defined in 'reader.c:13:20' (0xddb820) of size 524288
0x000000ddb81e is located 22 bytes to the right of global variable 'output_buffer' defined in 'catdoc.c:26:22' (0xddb800) of size 8
SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: global-buffer-overflow /home/root/FuzzDateset/catdoc/catdoc-0.95/src/reader.c:175:6 in process_file
Shadow bytes around the buggy address:
  0x0000801b36b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0x0000801b36c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0x0000801b36d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0x0000801b36e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0x0000801b36f0: 00 00 00 00 04 f9 f9 f9 00 f9 f9 f9 00 f9 f9 f9
=>0x0000801b3700: 00 f9 f9[f9]00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0x0000801b3710: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0x0000801b3720: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0x0000801b3730: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0x0000801b3740: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0x0000801b3750: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Shadow byte legend (one shadow byte represents 8 application bytes):
  Addressable:           00
  Partially addressable: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 
  Heap left redzone:       fa
  Freed heap region:       fd
  Stack left redzone:      f1
  Stack mid redzone:       f2
  Stack right redzone:     f3
  Stack after return:      f5
  Stack use after scope:   f8
  Global redzone:          f9
  Global init order:       f6
  Poisoned by user:        f7
  Container overflow:      fc
  Array cookie:            ac
  Intra object redzone:    bb
  ASan internal:           fe
  Left alloca redzone:     ca
  Right alloca redzone:    cb
==928572==ABORTING

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