CVE-2026-63729

The SyncTeX parser synctexparser.c shipped with TeX Live and embedded by downstream consumers such as GNOME Evince contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability that allows attackers to crash applications or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a malformed .synctex or .synctex.gz file. ...

CVE-2026-63729

The CVE affects the SyncTeX parser (synctex_parser.c) shipped with TeX Live and used by downstream consumers like GNOME Evince. A heap use-after-free exists when processing malformed .synctex or .synctex.gz files: a malformed SyncTeX file can create a ref node with a NULL parent pointer, causing ...