CVE-2016-10243
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 10.6%texlive-base - security update
Published: 5/2/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.
Affected packages (4)
- Debian/texlive-basefrom 0, < 2016.20161130-1
- Debian/texlive-basefrom 0, < 2012.20120611-5+deb7u1
- Debian/texlive-basefrom 0, < 2014.20141024-2+deb8u1
- Debian/texlive-binfrom 0, < 2019.20190605.51237-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |