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CVE-2011-1553

Published: Mar 31, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-399
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
5.4%
Top 8.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in t1lib 5.1.2 and earlier, as used in Xpdf before 3.02pl6, teTeX, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF document containing a crafted Type 1 font that triggers an invalid memory write, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0764.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

n/an/a
t1libt1lib
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
xpdffoolabs
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
xpdfreaderglyphandcog
Mixed
Consumer Software / file-utility
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
t1libOSS Libraries
foolabscommercialOSS Librariesaka xpdf
glyphandcogcommercialConsumer Softwareaka xpdfreader, xpdf
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/43823
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/48985
secunia.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8171
securityreason.com
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Timeline

Published
Mar 31, 2011
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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