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texlive-bin — security advisory
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.
- Products
- texlive-bin
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2007-13
- CVEs
- CVE-2007-5937
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5937
texlive-bin
Fixed versions: 2007-13
texlive-bin
Fixed versions: 2007-13
texlive-bin
Fixed versions: 2007-13
Complete source record
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