01 Record

CVE-2015-8106

Format string vulnerability in the CmdKeywords function in funct1.c in latex2rtf before 2.3.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the \keywords command

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Format string vulnerability in the CmdKeywords function in funct1.c in latex2rtf before 2.3.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the \keywords command

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 3.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 88.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2016-04-18 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:13Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-11-11

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

00bcd06751163224bddc29fc3cd81638c465312522e563a4e0e4ef6c3aad2e6d

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—

latex2rtf_projectlatex2rtfNot specified—

06 References

www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151116 CVE-2015-8106 - latex2rtf v2.3.8 format string vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/16/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-3e320f369ehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181276.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/latex2rtf/code/1244/x_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-246417376chttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181677.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-b9368247d4http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181725.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282492x_refsource_CONFIRM

01 Record index

CVE-2015-8106

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

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02 Records

CVE-2015-8106

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References