CVE-2011-5244
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.034 · 89 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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affected products (4)
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references (16)
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- http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=439c5070022ecnnvd
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=d4139205b010cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/21cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643882cnnvd
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=439c5070022eenisa_euvd
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=d4139205b010enisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/21enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643882enisa_euvd
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