CVE-2009-2459 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in mimeTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, have unknown impact and attack vectors related to the (1) \environ, (2) \input, and (3) \counter TeX directives.

Published: 2009-07-14

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:forkosh:mimetex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1917-1	New mimetex packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD	EUVD-2009-2454	Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in mimeTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, have unknown impact and attack vectors related to the (1) \environ, (2) \input, and (3) \counter TeX directives.
Ubuntu USN	USN-844-1	mimeTeX vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00446.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039314.html
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-009.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35752
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0877

History

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Subscriptions

Forkosh Mimetex

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-07-14T20:16:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:52:14.959Z

Reserved: 2009-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2459

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-14T20:30:00.453

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2459

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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