Numeric Errors Affecting evince package, versions <2.32.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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EPSS
3.68% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-EVINCE-323988
  • published19 Nov 2012
  • disclosed19 Nov 2012

Introduced: 19 Nov 2012

CVE-2011-5244  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 evince to version 2.32.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream evince package and not the evince package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple off-by-one errors in the (1) token and (2) linetoken functions in backend/dvi/mdvi-lib/afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DVI file containing a crafted Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) file, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2010-2642 and CVE-2011-0433.

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