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

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (tetex)	ELSA-2012-1201	2012-08-23
Oracle Linux version 6 (evince)	ELSA-2011-0009	2011-02-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (t1lib)	ELSA-2012-0062	2012-01-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (texlive)	ELSA-2012-0137	2012-02-15

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