Description
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.
Published: 2012-11-19
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 1.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-5144 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.
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:30:46.795Z

Reserved: 2012-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-5244

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-19T12:10:49.337

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

Link: CVE-2011-5244

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-5244 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses