UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8106

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8106
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8106.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8106
Upstream
Published
2016-04-18T14:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:29Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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 in a crafted TeX file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / latex2rtf

Package

Name
latex2rtf
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/latex2rtf@2.3.8-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.3.8-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "latex2rtf",
            "binary_version": "2.3.8-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8106.json"