Buffer overflow in Moinejf Abcm2ps

CVE-2010-3441

Multiple buffer overflows in abcm2ps before 5.9.12 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted input file, related to the PUT0 and PUT1 output macros; (2) a crafted input file, related to the trim_title function; and possibly (3) a long -O option on a command line.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2011-02-18 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.059 (92.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.059 · newest: 0.059 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Moinejf Abcm2ps
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 14

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/08/6 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0390 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/39271 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secunia.com/advisories/43338 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/08/7 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054015.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
moinejf.free.fr/abcm2ps-5.txt (Broken Link)
secunia.com/advisories/39345 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)