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CVE-2024-25262

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-122

Description

texlive-bin commit c515e was discovered to contain heap buffer overflow via the function ttfLoadHDMX:ttfdump. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted TTF file.

Affected products

• Tug Tex Live: c515e

References

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/+bug/2047912
• https://tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/ttfdump/ChangeLog?revision=69605&view=co
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/+bug/2047912
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00032.html
• https://tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/ttfdump/ChangeLog?revision=69605&view=co

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