CVE-2011-5244 affecting package t1lib 5.1.2-28

CVE-2011-5244 affecting package t1lib 5.1.2-28. No patch is available currently...

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 containi...

CVE-2011-5244

CVE-2011-5244 describes multiple off-by-one errors in t1lib's AFM parser (backend/dvi/mdvi-lib/afmparse.c), specifically in the token and linetoken functions, which are used by teTeX 3.0.x and GNOME Evince among others. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to crash a DVI reader and potential...