CVE-2010-2642

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.6
Exploit probability—
ProductRedhat Evince
PublishedJan 7, 2011
First seenJan 7, 2011

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
redhat evincev ≤ 2.32, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 2.19, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22, 2.23, 2.24, 2.25, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, 2.29, 2.29.92, 2.30, 2.30.2, 2.30.3, 2.31, 2.31.1, 2.31.2, 2.31.4, 2.31.4.1, 2.31.6, 2.31.6.1, 2.31.90, 2.31.92—
t1lib t1lib5.1.2—
tug tetex3.0—

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