CVE-2009-1284

texlive: bibtex's invalid reads/writes when parsing big *.bib file

Published Apr 9, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 11.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
Buffer overflow in BibTeX 0.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a long .bib bibliography file.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-937-1 TeX Live vulnerabilities
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:04 AM
Reserved
Apr 9, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 9, 2009, 4:27 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:06 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Mar 23, 2009, 12:00 AM