CVE-2011-5244

Evince - Denial of Service and Possible Remote Code Execution via Crafted AFM File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Multiple off-by-one errors in the (1) token and (2) linetoken functions in backend/dvi/mdvi-lib/afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other products, allow 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, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2010-2642 and CVE-2011-0433.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643882
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80271
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/21

Scores

EPSS 0.0177
EPSS Percentile 82.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (3)
gnome/evince
t1lib/t1lib
tetex/tetex 3.0
Published Nov 19, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026