Vulnerability database
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Jul 20, 2026The SyncTeX parser (synctex_parser.c) shipped with TeX Live and embedded by downstream consumers such as GNOME Evince contains a heap use-after-free vulnerabiliCVE-2026-63729 · Other software · TeX Live · reported by VulnCheckMedium 6.8
The SyncTeX parser (synctex_parser.c) shipped with TeX Live and embedded by downstream consumers such as GNOME Evince contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability that allows attackers to crash applications or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a malformed .synctex or .synctex.gz file. A malformed SyncTeX file can construct a ref node with a NULL parent pointer, causing the replacement routine to fail to detach the node from its sibling chain, which triggers recursive freeing of live tree nodes and leaves dangling pointers that are later accessed by the parser during document load.
- Product
- TeX Live
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordfatihhcelik.github.iogithub.com
Feb 24, 2025Insufficient sanitizing in the TeX notation filter resulted in an arbitrary file read risk on sites where pdfTeX is available (such as those with TeX Live insCVE-2025-26525 · Other software · Moodle Project · reported by patrick@puiterwijk.orgHigh 8.6
Insufficient sanitizing in the TeX notation filter resulted in an arbitrary file read risk on sites where pdfTeX is available (such as those with TeX Live installed).
- Product
- moodle
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordgit.moodle.orgmoodle.org
Mar 27, 2024TeX Live 944e257 allows a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/tounicode.c.CVE-2023-46051 · Other software · reported by MITRELow 3.3
TeX Live 944e257 allows a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/tounicode.c. NOTE: this is disputed because it should be categorized as a usability problem.
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Mar 27, 2024Tex Live 944e257 has a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c.CVE-2023-46048 · Other software · tug · reported by MITREMedium 6.2
Tex Live 944e257 has a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c. NOTE: this is disputed because it should be categorized as a usability problem.
- Product
- tex_live
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Feb 28, 2024texlive-bin commit c515e was discovered to contain heap buffer overflow via the function ttfLoadHDMX:ttfdump.CVE-2024-25262 · Other software · tug · reported by MITREHigh 8.1
texlive-bin commit c515e was discovered to contain heap buffer overflow via the function ttfLoadHDMX:ttfdump. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted TTF file.
- Product
- tex_live
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordbugs.launchpad.nettug.org
Sep 23, 2018An issue was discovered in t1_check_unusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21.CVE-2018-17407 · Other software · TUG · reported by MITREHigh 7.8
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.
- Product
- TEX Live
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordgithub.comlists.debian.org
Dec 14, 2017TeX Live through 20170524 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackeCVE-2017-17513 · Other software · TUG · reported by MITREHigh 8.8
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.
- Product
- TEX Live
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordsecurity-tracker.debian.orgsecurity-tracker.debian.org
May 2, 2017TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.CVE-2016-10243 · Other software · Debian · reported by MITRECritical 9.8
TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.
- Product
- Debian Linux
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recorddebian.orgopenwall.com
May 7, 2010Multiple 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 (applicatCVE-2010-1440 · Other software · TUG · reported by Red HatMedium 6.8
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.
- Product
- Tetex
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordlists.fedoraproject.orglists.opensuse.org
May 7, 2010Integer 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 CVE-2010-0827 · Other software · TUG · reported by security@ubuntu.comMedium 6.8
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.
- Product
- TEX Live
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordlists.opensuse.orglists.opensuse.org
Apr 16, 2010Integer 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 arbitrCVE-2010-0739 · Other software · TUG · reported by Red HatMedium 6.8
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.
- Product
- Tetex
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordgit.frugalware.orglists.fedoraproject.org
Where this comes from: the exploited list is CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Everything else is the whole National Vulnerability Database, where each record is published by the team that found the bug (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan, the vendors themselves and others); we show who. Exploit odds are FIRST’s EPSS, updated daily. Titles and categories are ours, so check the linked record before acting on a detail. For a write-up of the big ones, see our advisories. Every vendor, and every WordPress plugin and theme with a recorded flaw, also has its own page. All of it is free to reuse as JSON, CSV or RSS.
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