CVE-2011-1552

Description

t1lib 5.1.2 and earlier, as used in Xpdf before 3.02pl6, teTeX, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Type 1 font in a PDF document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0764.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 22.37% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/43823 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48985 third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8171 third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8ECL8X us government resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0728 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1201.html vendor advisory
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html patch
http://www.toucan-system.com/advisories/tssa-2011-01.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/376500 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:144 vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57 vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025266 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517205/100/0/threaded mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1552?
CVE-2011-1552 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1552?
To fix CVE-2011-1552, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-1552 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-1552 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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