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CVE-2016-10243

texlive: mpost allows to run non-whitelisted external programs

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · November 28, 2016

Updated · May 13, 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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE not specified