TeX Live CVE-2018-17407 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:107220

Info

TeX Live CVE-2018-17407 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 107220
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2018-17407
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 23 2018 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 23 2018 12:00AM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 18.10
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS
Tex Live TeX Live 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

TeX Live CVE-2018-17407 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

TeX Live is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application to cause denial-of-service conditions.

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