CVE-2011-5244

Multiple off-by-one errors in the (1) token and (2) linetoken functions in backend/dvi/mdvi-lib/afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other products, allow 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, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2010-2642 and CVE-2011-0433.

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-2011-5244 is rated Moderate Risk (52.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.77%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5244

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 2025-03-30 4.95% 1.77% -3.17%
2 2025-03-29 1.77% 4.95% +3.17%
3 2025-03-19 — 1.77% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5244

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-2011-5244

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-5244

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2011-5244 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-2011-5244
gentoo normal CVE-2011-5244: 1 GLSA(s) (201701-57), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/t1lib); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-5244
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-5244
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-5244 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (evince), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): not-affected 3, released 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-5244

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5244

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-2011-5244

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