CVE-2010-2642 (NVD)

2011-01-07

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.

Products Evince, T1lib, Tetex
Type Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666318
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052910.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42847
http://lists.mandriva.com/security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45678