CVE-2019-18604

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Published Oct 29, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

In axohelp.c before 1.3 in axohelp in axodraw2 before 2.1.1b, as distributed in TeXLive and other collections, sprintf is mishandled.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:axohelp.c_project:axohelp.c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:axodraw2_project:axodraw2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3427-2	texlive-bin regression update
EUVD	EUVD-2019-8338	In axohelp.c before 1.3 in axohelp in axodraw2 before 2.1.1b, as distributed in TeXLive and other collections, sprintf is mishandled.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6695-1	TeX Live vulnerabilities

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.9% (1.875% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/9216833a3888a4105a18e8c349f65b045ddb1079#diff-987e40c0e27ee43f6a2414ada73a191a
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00033.html

History

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Subscriptions

Axodraw2 Project Axodraw2

Axohelp.c Project Axohelp.c

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 1:54 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 29, 2019, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 1:54 AM
Reserved: Oct 29, 2019, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:25 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 29, 2019, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:25 AM

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