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CVE-2010-2642

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 …

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
RedhatEvince
through 2.32
Versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5
T1libT1lib
Version 5.1.2
TugTetex
Version 3.0

Weakness classification

CWE-119

References