CVE-2009-2459

Exp

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in mimeTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, have unknown impact and attack vectors related to the (1) \environ, (2) \input, and (3) \counter TeX directives.

Published: 2009-07-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-2459 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.31%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.86% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-2459

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2459

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 0.45% 2.31% +1.86%
2 2025-12-03 0.47% 0.45% -0.02%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.47% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2459

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-2459

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-2459

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2009-2459 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mimetex), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2459
ubuntu low CVE-2009-2459 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mimetex), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, upstream): released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2459

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2459

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
forkosh mimetex <= 1.71 cpe:2.3:a:forkosh:mimetex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2459

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