VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-1382
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in mimetex.cgi in mimeTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TeX file with long (1) picture, (2) circle, or (3) input tags.
HIGH 10.0EPSS 9.02%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in mimetex.cgi in mimeTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TeX file with long (1) picture, (2) circle, or (3) input tags.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 9.02% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- forkosh/mimetex
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039314.html
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-009.htmlExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35752Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35816Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0877
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51794
- http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039314.html
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-009.htmlExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35752Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35816Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0877
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51794
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.