CVE-2010-2642

CVE Details

Release Date:2011-01-05

Description


Heap-based buffer overflow in the AFM font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier, teTeX 3.0, t1lib 5.1.2, and possibly other products 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.

See more information about CVE-2010-2642 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 5.1 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: High
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (tetex)ELSA-2012-12012012-08-23
Oracle Linux version 6 (evince)ELSA-2011-00092011-02-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (t1lib)ELSA-2012-00622012-01-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (texlive)ELSA-2012-01372012-02-15



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