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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2019-18604 json

In axohelp.c before 1.3 in axohelp in axodraw2 before 2.1.1b, as distributed in TeXLive and other collections, sprintf is mishandled.

published 2019-10-29 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-8338

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In axohelp.c before 1.3 in axohelp in axodraw2 before 2.1.1b, as distributed in TeXLive and other collections, sprintf is mishandled.

Patch / fix

  • axohelp.c_project axohelp.c 1.3
  • texlive-bin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2020.20200327.54578-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18604

  • texlive-bin Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18604

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • texlive openSUSE Tumbleweed 2021.20210325.svn34398-76.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11431-1

Exploit prediction

1.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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