VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-1284
Buffer overflow in BibTeX 0.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a long .bib bibliography file.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 11.9%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in BibTeX 0.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a long .bib bibliography file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 11.92% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- bibtex/bibtex
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520920Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34445
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/8
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492136
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00505.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00507.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520920Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34445
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/8
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492136
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00505.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00507.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.