CVE-2009-1382

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in mimetex.cgi in mimeTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TeX file with long (1) picture, (2) circle, or (3) input tags.

Affected products

Forkosh Mimetex: through 1.71

References

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039314.html
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-009.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35752
http://secunia.com/advisories/35816
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0877
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51794
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039314.html

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