CVE-2015-8106 (GCVE-0-2015-8106)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-18 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:13
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in the CmdKeywords function in funct1.c in latex2rtf before 2.3.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the \keywords command in a crafted TeX file.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/16/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://sourceforge.net/p/latex2rtf/code/1244/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282492 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2015-11-16 00:00
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