National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1552
Original release date:03/31/2011
Last revised:12/19/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#MAPG-8ECL8X
Name: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8ECL8X
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#376500
Name: VU#376500
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html
Type: Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0728
Type: Advisory
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.toucan-system.com/advisories/tssa-2011-01.txt
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20110327 TSSA-2011-01 xpdf : multiple vulnerabilities allow remote code execution
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2012:144
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1025266
External Source: SREASON
Name: 8171
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48985
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43823
Type: Advisory
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:1201