What is CVE-2019-18604?

CVE-2019-18604 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Axodraw2 Project. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2019-18604?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Axodraw2 Project

CVE-2019-18604

In axohelp.c before 1.3 in axohelp in axodraw2 before 2.1.1b, as distributed in TeXLive and other collections, sprintf is mishandled.

Published 2019-10-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (79.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-26.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

References

github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/9216833a3888a4105a18e8c349f65b045ddb1… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00033.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18604?: CVE-2019-18604 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Axodraw2 Project. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2019-18604?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.