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CVE-2010-2640 json

Array index error in the PK font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial o…

published 15y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-2644

cvss
7.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Array index error in the PK font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font in conjunction with a DVI file that is processed by the thumbnailer.

Patch / fix

  • evince Debian 13, Debian 12 2.30.3-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2640

  • evince RHEL 6 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1
  • evince-dvi RHEL 6 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1
  • evince-libs RHEL 6 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0009

  • evince openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.22.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10041-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-2640 updated cvss 5.1

evince: Array index errror in DVI file PK font parser

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) evince 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, evince-dvi 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, evince-libs 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) evince 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) evince 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, evince-dvi 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, evince-libs 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) evince 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, evince-dvi 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, evince-libs 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) evince 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) evince 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, evince-dvi 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, evince-libs 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) evince 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0009
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 evince
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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