Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-5244

Title: T1Lib RCE

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-5244.

CWE Category CWE-189
Published Date Nov 19, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.36%

Vulnerability Summary

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 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.

Impacted Vendors

T
t1lib 1
T
tug 1
R
redhat 1
G
gnome 1
T
tetex 1

Reference Links

http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=439c5070022e http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=d4139205b010 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/21 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643882 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80271 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57 http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=439c5070022e http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=d4139205b010 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/21 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643882 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80271 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-5244 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.