# CVE-2009-1382: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in mimetex.cgi in mimeTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrar

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-07-14 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in mimetex.cgi in mimeTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TeX file with long (1) picture, (2) circle, or (3) input tags.

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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35752
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0877
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35816
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-009.html
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html
- http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039314.html

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