CVE-2012-2120: Debian Texlive-Extra-Utils

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

latex2man in texlive-extra-utils 2011.20120322, and possibly other versions or packages, when used with the H or T option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Affected products

• Debian Texlive-Extra-Utils: version 2011.20120322 only

Published 2012-05-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.