Fluid Attacks Database

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 11	evince	>=0 <3.0.2-1	3.0.2-1
debian 14	evince	>=0 <3.0.2-1	3.0.2-1
debian 13	evince	>=0 <3.0.2-1	3.0.2-1
debian 12	evince	>=0 <3.0.2-1	3.0.2-1
rpm rhel6	texlive	<0:2007-57.el6_2	0:2007-57.el6_2
rpm rhel6	evince	<0:2.28.2-14.el6_0.1	0:2.28.2-14.el6_0.1
rpm rhel6	t1lib	<0:5.1.2-6.el6_2.1	0:5.1.2-6.el6_2.1
rpm rhel5	tetex	<0:3.0-33.15.el5_8.1	0:3.0-33.15.el5_8.1

Aliases

1. CVE-2010-26422. NVD-2010-26423. OSV-DEBIAN-2010-26424. OSV-2010-26425. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2010-2642

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