FKIE_CVE-2009-1284
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-04-09 16:27 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in BibTeX 0.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a long .bib bibliography file.
References
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