CVE-2009-1284 (GCVE-0-2009-1284)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-04-09 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Buffer overflow in BibTeX 0.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a long .bib bibliography file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34445 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492136 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520920 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Date Public
2009-03-23 00:00
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