CVE-2010-2641

Summary

CVECVE-2010-2641
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-07 19:00:17 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionArray index error in the VF font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Evince 0.1 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 0.2 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 0.3 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 0.4 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 0.5 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 0.6 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 0.7 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 0.8 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 0.9 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.19 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.20 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.21 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.22 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.23 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.24 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.25 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.26 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.27 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.28 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.29 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.29.92 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.30 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.30.2 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.30.3 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.31 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.31.1 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.31.2 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.31.4 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.31.4.1 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.31.6 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.31.6.1 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.31.90 All All All
Application Redhat Evince 2.31.92 All All All
Application Redhat Evince All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.mandriva.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for evince - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2357-1 evince af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Evince Font Parsing Buffer Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Fedora update for evince - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: evince-2.30.3-2.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: evince-2.32.0-3.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
USN-1035-1: Evince vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat update for evince - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Evince Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
evince - View multipage documents af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Patch
Bug 666314 – CVE-2010-2641 evince: Array index errror in DVI file VF font parser af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Evince dvi-backend Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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