--- title: 'USN-1035-1: Evince vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices' 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/notices/USN-1035-1 --- 1. [Ubuntu Security Notices](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices) 2. USN-1035-1 --- # USN-1035-1: Evince vulnerabilities Publication date 5 January 2011 Overview Releases [10.10](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=maverick) [10.04](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=lucid) [9.10](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=karmic) [8.04](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=hardy) --- Open side navigation ## Packages * [evince](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves?package=evince) - ## Details Jon Larimer discovered that Evince's font parsers incorrectly handled certain buffer lengths when rendering a DVI file. By tricking a user into opening or previewing a DVI file that uses a specially crafted font file, an attacker could crash evince or execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. In the default installation of Ubuntu 9.10 and later, attackers would be isolated by the Evince AppArmor profile. ## Update instructions In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. [Learn more about how to get the fixes.](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: | Ubuntu Release | Package Version | | --- | --- | | 9.10 karmic | [evince](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince) –  [2.28.1-0ubuntu1.3](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/2.28.1-0ubuntu1.3) | | | | 8.04 hardy | [evince](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince) –  [2.22.2-0ubuntu2.1](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/2.22.2-0ubuntu2.1) | | | | 10.10 maverick | [evince](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince) –  [2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1) | | | | 10.04 lucid | [evince](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince) –  [2.30.3-0ubuntu1.2](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/2.30.3-0ubuntu1.2) | | | --- ### Reduce your security exposure Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines. [Get Ubuntu Pro](https://ubuntu.com/pro) ## References * [CVE-2010-2643](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2643) * [CVE-2010-2642](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2642) * [CVE-2010-2641](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2641) * [CVE-2010-2640](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2640) ## Related notices * [USN-1335-1](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1335-1)