CVE-2010-2642
Evince AFM Font Parser Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 7, 2011, 7 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:17 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
4.9
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=d4139205b010ed06310d14284e63114e88ec6de2 Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052910.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052995.html Added Reference http://lists.mandriva.com/security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.php Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1201.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/42769 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/42821 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/42847 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/42872 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2357 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:016 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:017 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:144 Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0009.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45678 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024937 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1035-1 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0029 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0043 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0056 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0097 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0102 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0193 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0194 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666318 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 10, 2011
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2010-2642 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2010-2642
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
7.08 }} -1.56%
score
0.93917
percentile