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CVE-2010-2642 in the critical feed json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the AFM font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier, teTeX 3.0, t1lib 5.1.2, and poss…

published 15y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-2646

cvss
7.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.3%
EPSS 14.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the AFM font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier, teTeX 3.0, t1lib 5.1.2, and possibly other products 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 3.0.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2642

  • tetex RHEL 5 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1
  • tetex-afm RHEL 5 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1
  • tetex-xdvi RHEL 5 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1
  • tetex-dvips RHEL 5 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1
  • tetex-fonts RHEL 5 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1
  • tetex-latex RHEL 5 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1
  • texlive RHEL 6 2007-57.el6_2
  • mendexk RHEL 6 2.6e-57.el6_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1201RHSA-2012:0137RHSA-2012:0062RHSA-2011:0009

  • evince openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.22.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10041-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-2642 updated cvss 5.1

t1lib: Heap based buffer overflow in DVI file AFM font parser

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 tetex
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) tetex 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1, tetex-afm 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1, tetex-xdvi 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1, tetex-dvips 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1, tetex-fonts 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1, tetex-latex 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) tetex 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1, tetex-afm 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1, tetex-xdvi 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1, tetex-dvips 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1, tetex-fonts 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1, tetex-latex 3.0-33.15.el5_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1201
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) t1lib 5.1.2-6.el6_2.1, texlive 2007-57.el6_2, kpathsea 2007-57.el6_2, evince 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, texlive-dvips 2007-57.el6_2, texlive-latex 2007-57.el6_2, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) mendexk 2.6e-57.el6_2, t1lib 5.1.2-6.el6_2.1, texlive 2007-57.el6_2, kpathsea 2007-57.el6_2, evince 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, texlive-afm 2007-57.el6_2, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) mendexk 2.6e-57.el6_2, t1lib 5.1.2-6.el6_2.1, texlive 2007-57.el6_2, kpathsea 2007-57.el6_2, evince 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, texlive-afm 2007-57.el6_2, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) t1lib 5.1.2-6.el6_2.1, texlive 2007-57.el6_2, kpathsea 2007-57.el6_2, evince 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, texlive-dvips 2007-57.el6_2, texlive-latex 2007-57.el6_2, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) mendexk 2.6e-57.el6_2, t1lib 5.1.2-6.el6_2.1, texlive 2007-57.el6_2, kpathsea 2007-57.el6_2, evince 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, texlive-afm 2007-57.el6_2, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) t1lib 5.1.2-6.el6_2.1, texlive 2007-57.el6_2, kpathsea 2007-57.el6_2, evince 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, texlive-dvips 2007-57.el6_2, texlive-latex 2007-57.el6_2, +3 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) mendexk 2.6e-57.el6_2, t1lib 5.1.2-6.el6_2.1, texlive 2007-57.el6_2, kpathsea 2007-57.el6_2, evince 2.28.2-14.el6_0.1, texlive-afm 2007-57.el6_2, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0137
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 evince
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

14.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% 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-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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