CVE-2024-25262

Publication date 29 February 2024

Last updated 29 January 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
texlive-bin 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Fixed 2023.20230311.66589-6ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.2+esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
texlive-bin

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6695-1
    • TeX Live vulnerabilities
    • 14 March 2024
    • USN-7985-1
    • TeX Live vulnerabilities
    • 29 January 2026

Other references