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2012-11-19
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.
Products | Evince, T1lib, Tetex |
Type | Numeric Errors (CWE-189) |
First patch | - None (likely due to unavailable code) |
Links |
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80271
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/21 • https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57 • https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643882 • http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=439c5070022e |