VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-5244

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM

EPSS probability14.27%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2012-11-19

Last modified2026-06-16

Description

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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font in conjunction with a DVI file that is processed by the thumbnailer.