Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-5244 · published 19 November 2012

CVE-2011-5244: Gnome evince vulnerability

Gnome · Evince

Multiple off-by-one errors in the (1) token and (2) linetoken functions in backend/dvi/mdvi-lib/afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DVI file containing a crafted Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) file, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2010-2642 and CVE-2011-0433.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 3.4% · top 11.7% CWE-189 · CWE-189

6.8CVSS 2.0 base score

3.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

3Affected product versions listed by NVD

12References

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Evince Gnome TT1lib T1lib

Tetex Tetex

References

Link	Tags
http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=439c5070022e
http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=d4139205b010
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/21
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643882
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80271
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57
http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=439c5070022e
http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=d4139205b010
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/21
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643882
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80271
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2011-5244), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.