CVE-2007-5937
Published Nov 13, 2007
Last updated 6 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.8
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 8.6
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-119
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Vendor comments
- Red HatNot vulnerable. teTeX is packaged without the dviljk binary in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, making it impossible to exploit this flaw. We are however including this fix in RHSA-2010:0399, RHSA-2010:0400, and RHSA-2010:0401 in the event the binary is shipped in the future.
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:tetex:tetex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "87CCAA71-B817-48A0-81C0-9E4DC4953C9C"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "B01AD712-1D5C-49B6-AF51-4A4A2BA3FD83"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]