Aggregates CVE and security vulnerability intelligence across all tug-related products, including CVSS, EPSS, publication dates, and vulnerability intelligence data.
Historical issues mainly involve vendor risk buffer overflow, vendor risk path handling, and vendor risk input validation and related problems; some flaws may lead to vendor impact memory corruption and vendor impact file overwrite.
| CVE | Summary | Source | Max CVSS | EPSS % | Published | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-32700 | LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows execution of arbitrary shell commands when compiling a TeX file obtained from an untrusted source. This occurs because luatex-core.lua lets the original io.popen be accessed. This also affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5. | [email protected] | 7.8 | 0.80% | 2023-05-20 | 2025-01-31 |
| CVE-2023-32668 | LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows a document (compiled with the default settings) to make arbitrary network requests. This occurs because full access to the socket library is permitted by default, as stated in the documentation. This also affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 0.37% | 2023-05-11 | 2025-11-03 |
| CVE-2018-17407 | An issue was discovered in t1_check_unusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21. A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allows arbitrary code execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex. | [email protected] | 7.8 | 2.07% | 2018-09-23 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2017-17513 | TeX Live through 20170524 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua. | [email protected] | 8.8 | 1.28% | 2017-12-14 | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2015-0296 | The pre-install script in texlive 3.1.20140525_r34255.fc21 as packaged in Fedora 21 and rpm, and texlive 6.20131226_r32488.fc20 and rpm allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a crafted file in the user's home directory. | [email protected] | 4.7 | 0.40% | 2017-10-06 | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2015-5701 | mktexlsr revision 36855, and before revision 36626 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to the reversion of a fix of CVE-2015-5700. | [email protected] | 6.1 | 0.42% | 2017-08-25 | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2015-5700 | mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. | [email protected] | 6.1 | 0.42% | 2017-08-25 | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2016-10243 | TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file. | [email protected] | 9.8 | 7.15% | 2017-05-02 | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2010-2642 | Heap-based buffer overflow in the AFM font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier, teTeX 3.0, t1lib 5.1.2, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font in conjunction with a DVI file that is processed by the thumbnailer. | [email protected] | 7.6 | 14.27% | 2011-01-07 | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2010-1440 | Multiple integer overflows in dvipsk/dospecial.c in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a special command in a DVI file, related to the (1) predospecial and (2) bbdospecial functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0739. | [email protected] | 6.8 | 3.43% | 2010-05-07 | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2010-0829 | Multiple array index errors in set.c in dvipng 1.11 and 1.12, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed DVI file. | [email protected] | 4.3 | 4.54% | 2010-05-07 | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2010-0827 | Integer overflow in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted virtual font (VF) file associated with a DVI file. | [email protected] | 6.8 | 4.44% | 2010-05-07 | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2010-0739 | Integer overflow in the predospecial function in dospecial.c in dvips in (1) TeX Live and (2) teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DVI file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. | [email protected] | 6.8 | 4.92% | 2010-04-16 | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2007-5940 | feynmf.pl in feynmf 1.08, as used in TeXLive 2007, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the feynmf$$.pl temporary file. | [email protected] | 4.6 | 0.40% | 2007-11-13 | 2026-04-23 |
| CVE-2007-5937 | 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. | [email protected] | 6.8 | 3.15% | 2007-11-13 | 2026-04-23 |
| CVE-2007-5936 | dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information and modify certain data by creating certain temporary files before they are processed by dviljk, which can then be read or modified in place. | [email protected] | 3.6 | 0.40% | 2007-11-13 | 2026-04-23 |
| CVE-2007-5935 | 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. | [email protected] | 6.8 | 3.95% | 2007-11-13 | 2026-04-23 |