CVE-2009-2459

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in mimeTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, have unknown impact and attack vectors related to the (1) \environ, (2) \input, and (3) \counter TeX directives.

Affected products

Forkosh Mimetex: through 1.71

References

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://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0877
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://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0877

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