CVE-2010-2642
Heap-based buffer overflow in the AFM font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier, teTeX 3.0, t1lib 5.1.2, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the AFM font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier, teTeX 3.0, t1lib 5.1.2, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font in conjunction with a DVI file that is processed by the thumbnailer.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.6 HIGHAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 14.27% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- redhat/evince · t1lib/t1lib · tug/tetex
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=d4139205b010ed06310d14284e63114e88ec6de2Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052910.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052995.html
- http://lists.mandriva.com/security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.php
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1201.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42769Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42821Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42847Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42872
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2357
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:016
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:017
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:144
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0009.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45678
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024937
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1035-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0029Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0043Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0056
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0097
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0102
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0193
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0194
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666318Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=d4139205b010ed06310d14284e63114e88ec6de2Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052910.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052995.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.