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CVE-2010-2642

Published: Jan 7, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
NVD MITRE
7.6CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
14.3%
Top 3.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:HAccess Complexity
High
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

n/an/a
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
evinceredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
t1libt1lib
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
tetextug
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
t1libOSS Libraries
tugoss-projectaka tex live, tetex, texlive 2007

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://lists.mandriva.com/security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.php
lists.mandriva.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:016
mandriva.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/42872
secunia.com
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Timeline

Published
Jan 7, 2011
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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