CVE-2011-5244
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…
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- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643882 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- evince-token-code-exec(80271) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: Re: CVE request: More Evince overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=d4139205b010 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-57 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=439c5070022e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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