CVE-2011-1400
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD
The default configuration of the shell_escape_commands directive in conf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf in the tex-common package before 2.08.1 in Debian GNU/Linux squeeze, Ubuntu 10.10 and 10.04 LTS, and possibly other operating systems lists certain programs, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TeX document.
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-16
- EPSS score
- 4.1% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1407)
- Published
- March 25, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1407 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
- debian / tex-common
and 30 more…
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43816(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43973(Vendor Advisory)
- http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-tex/?op=comp&compare%5B%5D=%2Ftex-common%2Ftrunk%404781&compare%5B%5D=%2Ftex-common%2Ftrunk%404812
- http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-tex/tex-common/trunk/?op=log
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2198
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46986
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1103-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0731(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0861(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66249
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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