Heap-based buffer overflow in Evince - CVE-2010-2642

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Evince - CVE-2010-2642

Published: January 7, 2011 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32060
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2642
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in 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. A remote attacker can use a crafted font in conjunction with a DVI file that is processed by the thumbnailer. to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Evince
Gentoo Linux
aalib (Alpine package)
evince (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2010-2642

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

evince (Alpine package) - update to 2.32.0-r8

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