--- title: "CVE-2011-5244\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-5244?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2011-5244 Publication date 19 November 2012 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description 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. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-5244?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | evince | 12.10 quantal | Not affected | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.30.3-0ubuntu1.2 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand) this was fixed in the patchset for USN-1035-1, but the afmparse.c portion is only just now getting a CVE ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-5244) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5244) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-5244) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-5244) ### Other references * * * * *