CVE-2007-5937
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.2%EU EUVD
Multiple buffer overflows in dvi2xx.c in dviljk in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DVI input file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.2% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5907)
- Published
- November 13, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5907 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- tetex / tetex
- tug / texlive 2007
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=135423
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27672(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27686(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27718(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27743(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27967(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28107(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28412(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30168(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:230
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487984/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26469
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019058
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3896(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=368641
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/554-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00663.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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