CVE-2016-10243
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10243
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10243.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-10243
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-05-02T14:59:00.283Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-16T06:16:22.331520891Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shellescapecommands in the texmf.cnf config file.
- References
-
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7CNJ4HKX7X6V7VMN3UCU7KPY6IX4XRB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL6PUKPWEXYIPIAZRIX5ZLQWCSALVLFP/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96593
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/05/1
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605
- https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10243.json"
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