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CVE-2011-0433
Heap-based buffer overflow in the linetoken function in afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other…
Medium6.8EPSS 4.2%
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Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the linetoken function in afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other products, allows 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2642.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (7)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679732 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 48985 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/cve-2011-0433-evince-linetoken-buffer-overflow/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1201 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=640923 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:144 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-57 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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