Stack-based buffer overflow in hpc.c in dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DVI file with a long href tag.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5935 is rated High Exploit Risk (71/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.95%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 6.35% | 3.95% | -2.40% |
| 2 | 2025-12-14 | 7.43% | 6.35% | -1.08% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 7.43% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2007-5935 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (texlive-bin), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5935 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2007-5935: 1 GLSA(s) (200711-26), 1 atom(s) (app-text/tetex); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-5935 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5935 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2007-5935 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (tetex-bin, texlive-bin), 12 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): released 4, DNE 3, ignored 2, needed 2, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5935 |
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-5935 This issue has been addressed in RHSA-2010:0399 and RHSA-2010:0401.
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| tetex | tetex | — | cpe:2.3:a:tetex:tetex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| tug | texlive_2007 | — | cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |