CVE-2024-25262 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0015.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Tug	Tex Live

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3941-1	texlive-bin security update
Ubuntu USN	USN-6695-1	TeX Live vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/+bug/2047912
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00032.html
https://tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/ttfdump/ChangeLog?revision=69605&view=co

History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00032.html

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Tug Tug tex Live
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live::::::::
Vendors & Products		Tug Tug tex Live
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 20:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-122
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:54:04.024Z

Reserved: 2024-02-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-25262

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:54:04.024Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-02-29T01:44:15.367

Modified: 2025-11-03T22:16:47.817

Link: CVE-2024-25262

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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