MEDIUM
Multiple dviljk buffer overflows
Published Nov 13, 2007
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.15%
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in dvi2xx.c in dviljk in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DVI input file.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- n/a
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of tetex packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5, as they do not provide dviljk binary.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.15% 0.03151
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03151
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.15% (0.03151) | 87.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.15% (0.03151) | 86.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.98% (0.01975) | 81.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.22% (0.05217) | 82.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.10% (0.02103) | 82.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.33% (0.01331) | 86.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 1.54% (0.01542) | 87.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 16, 2024 | 1.52% (0.01523) | 86.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 19, 2023 | 2.04% (0.02042) | 87.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.12% (0.02124) | 87.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.42% (0.04421) | 88.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.42% (0.04421) | 87.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.42% (0.04421) | 70.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (28)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=135423 x_refsource_MISC
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27672 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/27967 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28107 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/30168 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:230 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487984/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26469 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019058 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3896 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5937 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=368641 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5937
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/554-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5937
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00663.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 13, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 13, 2007
Link CVE-2007-5937
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a