Vigil@nce - OpenDetex, TeX Live: buffer overflow via TexOpen
April 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: Fedora.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Consequences: user access/rights, denial of service on client.
– Provenance: document.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 10/02/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via TexOpen() of
OpenDetex or TeX Live, in order to trigger a denial of service,
and possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/OpenDetex-TeX-Live-buffer-overflow-via-TexOpen-31570