Buffer overflow in T1lib
CVE-2010-2642
Heap-based buffer overflow in the AFM font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier, teTeX 3.0, t1lib 5.1.2, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font in conjunction with a DVI file that is processed by the thumbnailer.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.143 (96.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.143 · newest: 0.143 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- T1lib — versions 5.1.2
- Tug Tetex — versions 3.0
- Red Hat Evince — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.mandriva.com/security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.php (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/42872 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0043 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0029 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052995.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/42769 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1201.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0097 (vdb-entry)