Vulnerability CVE-2011-5244

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2011-5244 (CCN-80271)

Assigned:

2012-11-19

Published:

2012-11-19

Updated:

2017-08-29

Summary:

Multiple off-by-one errors in the (1) token and (2) linetoken functions in backend/dvi/mdvi-lib/afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other products, allow 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, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2010-2642 and CVE-2011-0433.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
5.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
5.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial