CVE-2009-2459

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2009-2459 · Published 14/07/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-2459 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting mimetex (forkosh).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mimetex forkosh	`≤ 1.71`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in mimeTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, have unknown impact and attack vectors related to the (1) \environ, (2) \input, and (3) \counter TeX directives.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039314.html
scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-009.html · Exploit
secunia.com/advisories/35752 · Vendor Advisory
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875 · Patch
vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0877

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