CVE-2010-3441

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-02-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-120

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in abcm2ps before 5.9.12 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted input file, related to the PUT0 and PUT1 output macros; (2) a crafted input file, related to the trim_title function; and possibly (3) a long -O option on a command line.

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 14
moinejf abcm2ps: before 5.9.12 — fixed in 5.9.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: moinejf abcm2ps 5.9.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=577014
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054015.html
http://moinejf.free.fr/abcm2ps-5.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/39345
http://secunia.com/advisories/43338
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/08/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/08/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/08/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39271
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0390
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=580435
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=577014

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