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Status published
Medium
CVE-2007-5937
Multiple buffer overflows in dvi2xx.c in dviljk in teTeX and...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=135423
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27672
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27743
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28412
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27686
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/554-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26469
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30168
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3896
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27718
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=368641
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27967
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00663.html
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019058
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28107
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:230
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487984/100/0/threaded
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
Affected Vendor
tetex
View all reports →Affected Software
tetex, texlive 2007
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 13th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.