Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2024-25262 json

texlive-bin commit c515e was discovered to contain heap buffer overflow via the function ttfLoadHDMX:ttfdump.

published 2024-02-20 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-22598

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

texlive-bin commit c515e was discovered to contain heap buffer overflow via the function ttfLoadHDMX:ttfdump. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted TTF file.

Patch / fix

  • texlive-bin Debian 12 2022.20220321.62855-5.1+deb12u2
  • texlive-bin Debian 14, Debian 13 2023.20230311.66589-9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25262

  • texlive-bin Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2
  • texlive-bin Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.2
  • texlive-bin Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
  • texlive-bin Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25262

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • tug tex_live

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.