CVE-2007-5936: Tetex

Low severity, CVSS 3.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information and modify certain data by creating certain temporary files before they are processed by dviljk, which can then be read or modified in place.

Affected products

• Tetex Tetex: any version
• Tug Texlive 2007: any version

Published 2007-11-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.