CVE-2010-2640

Description

From CVE.org

Array index error in the PK font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier 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.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of evince as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score5.17.6N/A
Attack VectorNetworkNetworkN/A
Access ComplexityHighHighN/A
AuthenticationNoneNoneN/A
Confidentiality ImpactPartialCompleteN/A
Integrity ImpactPartialCompleteN/A
Availability ImpactPartialCompleteN/A

Vector

Red Hat: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Evince development team for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Jon Larimer (IBM X-Force) as the original reporter.

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