CVE-2007-5935

dvips -z buffer overflow with long href

Severity Score

6.8

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Desbodarmiento de búfer basado en pila en hpc.c en dvips en teTeX y TeXlive 2007 y anteriores permite a atacantes con la intervención del usuario ejecutar código de su elección a través de un archivo DVI conm una etiqueta href larga.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 6.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-11-13 CVE Reserved
2007-11-13 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2024-09-16 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (27)

URL	Tag	Source
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238	X_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487984/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26469	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019058	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3896	Vdb Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11311	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=447081	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html	2018-10-15
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/27672	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/27686	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/27718	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/27743	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/27967	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28107	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28412	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/30168	2018-10-15
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml	2018-10-15
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml	2018-10-15
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml	2018-10-15
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:230	2018-10-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=368591	2010-05-06
https://usn.ubuntu.com/554-1	2018-10-15
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00663.html	2018-10-15
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5935	2010-05-06

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Tetex Search vendor "Tetex"		Tetex Search vendor "Tetex" for product "Tetex"				*		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Texlive 2007 Search vendor "Tug" for product "Texlive 2007"				*		-		Affected