Out-of-Bounds Affecting texlive-makecmds package, versions <2:svn15878.0-45.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-TEXLIVEMAKECMDS-2154372
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed23 Sept 2018

Introduced: 23 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17407  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 texlive-makecmds to version 2:svn15878.0-45.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream texlive-makecmds package and not the texlive-makecmds package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in t1_check_unusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21. A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allows arbitrary code execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex.