CVE-2007-5935 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Texlive-bin

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents7 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
6.3%
top 8.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Debian Texlive-bin
Timeline
PublishedNov 13
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in hpc.c in dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DVI file with a long href tag.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages1 packages

▶debiandebian/texlive-bin< texlive-bin 2007.dfsg.1-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-m7c5-9grq-3jqp: Stack-based buffer overflow in hpc↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2007-5935: Stack-based buffer overflow in hpc↗2007-11-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
teTeX and TeX Live vulnerabilities↗2007-12-06
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Red Hat
dvips -z buffer overflow with long href↗2007-10-17
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Debian
CVE-2007-5935: texlive-bin - Stack-based buffer overflow in hpc.c in dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earl...↗2007
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2007-5935 dvips -z buffer overflow with long href↗2007-11-06
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