High
Security advisory
OpenDetex 2.8.5 has a Buffer Overflow in TexOpen in detex.l because of an incorrect sprintf.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-19601
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
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- 31 Oct 2026, 11:02 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
OpenDetex 2.8.5 has a Buffer Overflow in TexOpen in detex.l because of an incorrect sprintf.
osv:CVE-2019-19601
Complete source record
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"references": [
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JF3RU3VMLP5SS4MXAEKQKAGTSPN3KMHJ/",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KFIIVMCMPMORLPJBOULTPGJUH626DHFU/",
"https://github.com/pkubowicz/opendetex/issues/60"
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