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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2642
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
Evince

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2010-2642

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

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