CVE-2011-0433

Evince - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow via Crafted Adobe Font Metrics File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the linetoken function in afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other products, allows 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2642.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679732
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48985
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1201.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=640923
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:144
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57

Scores

EPSS 0.0189
EPSS Percentile 83.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (3)
gnome/evince
t1lib/t1lib
tetex/tetex 3.0
Published Nov 19, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026