CVE-2010-2640

Evince vulnerability

CVSS

7.6

EPSS

4.9%

EPSS pct

91th

Exploited

No known

Array index error in the PK font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier 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.

Affected vendor

Redhat

Affected product

Evince

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Published

2011-01-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

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