Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the linetoken function in afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other products, allows 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2642.
Published: 2012-11-19
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 1.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2388-1 t1lib security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-0458 Heap-based buffer overflow in the linetoken function in afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other products, allows 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2642.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1335-1 t1lib vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1347-1 Evince vulnerability
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:51:08.799Z

Reserved: 2011-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0433

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-19T12:10:48.477

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0433

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-01-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-0433 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses