CVE-2011-0433

Heap-based buffer overflow in the linetoken function in afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DVI file containing a crafted Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2642.

Published: 2012-11-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-0433 is rated Moderate Risk (57.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.44%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-0433

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 2026-06-07 1.89% 2.44% +0.54%
2 2025-09-25 2.42% 1.89% -0.53%
3 2025-05-20 — 2.42% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-0433

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-0433

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-0433

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2011-0433 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (evince), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0433
gentoo normal CVE-2011-0433: 1 GLSA(s) (201701-57), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/t1lib); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-0433
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0433
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-0433 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (evince, t1lib), 14 status rows across 8 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): released 7, ignored 4, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-0433

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-0433

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome evince — cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evince:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
t1lib t1lib — cpe:2.3:a:t1lib:t1lib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tetex tetex 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:tetex:tetex:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-0433

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