CVE-2010-2642

Evince < 2.32 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in AFM Font Parser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (27)

Core 27
Core References
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://lists.mandriva.com/security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.php
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:016
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42872
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0043
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0029
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052995.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42769
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1201.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0097
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0193
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2357
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1035-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:017
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0102
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42821
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:144
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0056
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0009.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024937
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052910.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45678
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42847
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0194

Scores

EPSS 0.1427
EPSS Percentile 96.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (36)
redhat/evince 0.1
redhat/evince 0.2
redhat/evince 0.3
redhat/evince 0.4
redhat/evince 0.5
redhat/evince 0.6
redhat/evince 0.7
redhat/evince 0.8
redhat/evince 0.9
redhat/evince 2.19
... and 26 more
Published Jan 07, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026