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CVE-2011-0433

Published: Nov 19, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
NVD MITRE
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
4.2%
Top 10.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the linetoken function in afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DVI file containing a crafted Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2642.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
evincegnome
On-prem
Consumer Software / productivity
t1libt1lib
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
tetextetex
On-prem
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
n/an/a
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
gnomeoss-projectUSConsumer Softwareaka gnome project, glib
t1libOSS Libraries
tetexoss-projectDevTools & CIaka tetex (tex distribution)

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://www.debian.org/security/dsa-2388/
debian.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0433
cve.mitre.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2642
cve.mitre.org
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Timeline

Published
Nov 19, 2012
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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