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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-25262): TeX Live vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-25262): TeX Live vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/29/2024
Created
03/16/2024
Added
03/15/2024
Modified
03/15/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-texlive-binaries
  • ubuntu-upgrade-texlive-binaries-sse2

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