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CVE-2009-2460

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% 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 mathtex.cgi in mathTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, have unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

Affected products

• Forkosh Mathtex: all versions

References

• http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578
• 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
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51796
• http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578
• 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
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51796

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