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    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 arbitrary code via a crafted font in conjunction with a DVI file that is processed by the thumbnailer.

    Published:Jan 5, 2011
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jan 7, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.14991
    CVSS Score:7.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Evince
    Vendor
    T1lib
    Product
    T1lib
    Vendor
    Tug
    Product
    Tetex

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=d4139205b010ed06310d14284e63114e88ec6de2
    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/42769
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42821
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42847
    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/2011/0029
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0043
    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=666318
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57
    http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=d4139205b010ed06310d14284e63114e88ec6de2
    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/42769
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42821
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42847
    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/2011/0029
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0043
    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=666318
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57

    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