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
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
- 3.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.8% 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
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151116 CVE-2015-8106 - latex2rtf v2.3.8 format string vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/16/3
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-3e320f369ehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181276.html
- sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/latex2rtf/code/1244/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-246417376chttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181677.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-b9368247d4http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181725.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282492
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- latex2rtf Fixed in 2.3.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- latex2rtf Fixed in 2.3.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- latex2rtf Fixed in 2.3.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- latex2rtf No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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