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    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.

    Published:Mar 23, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Apr 9, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.15978
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Bibtex
    Product
    Bibtex

    Exploits

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520920http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520920https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10203

    References

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520920
    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=520920
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High