CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-5244
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-11-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
Description
Multiple off-by-one errors in the (1) token and (2) linetoken functions in backend/dvi/mdvi-lib/afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other products, allow 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, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2010-2642 and CVE-2011-0433.
Affected configurations
• gnome evince
• t1lib t1lib
• tetex tetex 3.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=439c5070022e git.gnome.org
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=d4139205b010 git.gnome.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/21 www.openwall.com
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643882 bugzilla.gnome.org
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80271 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57 security.gentoo.org
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=439c5070022e git.gnome.org
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=d4139205b010 git.gnome.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/21 www.openwall.com
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643882 bugzilla.gnome.org
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80271 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57 security.gentoo.org