Vulnerability Details CVE-2009-1284
Buffer overflow in BibTeX 0.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a long .bib bibliography file.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.16
EPSS Ranking 94.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520920
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34445
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/8
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492136
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00505.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00507.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520920
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34445
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/8
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492136
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00505.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00507.html