SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.88%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.88% probability · 79th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
axohelp.c project/axohelp.c · axodraw2 project/axodraw2
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.88%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.