VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-5935
Stack-based buffer overflow in hpc.c in dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DVI file with a long href tag.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 3.95%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.95%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in hpc.c in dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DVI file with a long href tag.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.95% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- tetex/tetex · tug/texlive 2007
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=447081Exploit
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27672Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27686Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27718Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27743Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27967Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28107Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28412Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30168Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:230
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487984/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26469
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019058
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3896
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=368591
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11311
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/554-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00663.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=447081Exploit
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.