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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-1553: T1Lib: : Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-1553: T1Lib: : Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/31/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in t1lib 5.1.2 and earlier, as used in Xpdf before 3.02pl6, teTeX, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF document containing a crafted Type 1 font that triggers an invalid memory write, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0764.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-t1lib

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