🛡️ CVE-2024-25262 on Debian — texlive-bin

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-25262 as tracked by Debian, for the package texlive-bin. The fix is available in version 2023.20230311.66589-9; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25262 is recorded against 1 package.

  • texlive-bin (fixed in 2023.20230311.66589-9)

Timeline and source

Published on 29 February 2024 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2024-25262 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-02-29
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
texlive-bin — 2023.20230311.66589-9

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