CVE-2007-5935: texlive-bin Debian

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-5935 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in texlive-bin Debian. EPSS estimates a 3.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 13-11-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in hpc.c in dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DVI file with a long href tag.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.