CVE-2011-5244 (GCVE-0-2011-5244)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-11-19 11:00
Modified
2024-08-07 00:30
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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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