CVE-2011-0433

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-0433
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-19 12:10:48 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Evince - All All All
Application T1lib T1lib All All All All
Application Tetex Tetex 3.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
T1Lib: : Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-57) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:144 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
CVE-2011-0433: Evince linetoken() Buffer Overflow | xorl %eax, %eax af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xorl.wordpress.com
Bug 679732 – CVE-2011-0433 evince, t1lib: Heap-based buffer overflow DVI file AFM font parser af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Bug 640923 – linetoken() buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710532 Gentoo Linux T1Lib Vulnerability (GLSA 201701-57)
  • 901504 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for t1lib (7377)
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