CVE-2011-0433

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    CVE-2011-0433

    Published: 19 Nov 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the linetoken function in afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DVI file containing a crafted Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2642.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1201.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/48985, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:144, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=640923, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679732, http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/cve-2011-0433-evince-linetoken-buffer-overflow/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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    Low
    High