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texlive-bin vulnerabilities

Published Jan 29, 2026 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

Shin Ando discovered that the Xpdf toolkit embedded in TeX Live incorrectly
handled memory when decoding certain data streams. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause TeX Live to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu
20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-24106, CVE-2022-24107)

It was discovered that TeX Live allowed documents to make arbitrary network
requests. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to exfiltrate sensitive information, or perform other network-related
attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2023-32668)

It was discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain TrueType fonts.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
TrueType font, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause TeX Live to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2024-25262)

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS texlive-bin 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS texlive-bin 2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS texlive-bin 2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.2+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS texlive-bin 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2+esm1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24106
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24107
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-32668
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-25262