Out-of-Bounds Affecting texlive-afm package, versions <0:2007-57.9.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.09% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TEXLIVEAFM-1663589
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed7 Jan 2011

Introduced: 7 Jan 2011

CVE-2010-2642  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 texlive-afm to version 0:2007-57.9.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2012-48.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream texlive-afm package and not the texlive-afm package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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