CVE-2007-5937 — 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
2.1%
top 15.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Debian Texlive-bin
Timeline
PublishedNov 13
Latest updateMay 1

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.

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 2007-13 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-3v5h-fmqv-x9mj: Multiple buffer overflows in dvi2xx↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2007-5937: Multiple buffer overflows in dvi2xx↗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
Multiple dviljk buffer overflows↗2007-11-06
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Debian
CVE-2007-5937: texlive-bin - Multiple buffer overflows in dvi2xx.c in dviljk in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and ea...↗2007
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2007-5937 Multiple dviljk buffer overflows↗2007-11-06
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