Out-of-Bounds Affecting texlive-bin package, versions <2007-13


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.28% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-TEXLIVEBIN-525563
  • published13 Nov 2007
  • disclosed13 Nov 2007

Introduced: 13 Nov 2007

CVE-2007-5937  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 texlive-bin to version 2007-13 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream texlive-bin package and not the texlive-bin package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple buffer overflows in dvi2xx.c in dviljk in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DVI input file.

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