CVE-2011-5244

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-5244
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-19 12:10:49 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

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-189 | 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
backends: Fix several security issues in the dvi-backend. (d4139205) · Commits · GNOME / evince · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org
Bug 643882 – evince: off-by-one in recent afmparse.c fixes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
T1Lib: : Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-57) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE request: More Evince overflows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
backends: Fix another security issue in the dvi-backend (439c5070) · Commits · GNOME / evince · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710532 Gentoo Linux T1Lib Vulnerability (GLSA 201701-57)
  • 901386 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for t1lib (7378)
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