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CVE-2011-1400

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1400 describes a vulnerability in the default configuration of the tex-common package, specifically the shell_escape_commands directive, affecting Debian GNU/Linux squeeze, Ubuntu 10.10, and 10.04 LTS. This misconfiguration could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted TeX document. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring moderate attack complexity but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:tex-common:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:tex-common:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:tex-common:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:tex-common:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:tex-common:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0406 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-1400Moderate

texlive: shell_escape_commands insufficient input sanitization (ACE)

Mar 23, 2011

References

secunia.com / advisories/43816
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/43973
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/66249
svn.debian.org / wsvn/debian-tex
svn.debian.org / wsvn/debian-tex/tex-common/trunk
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2198
securityfocus.com / bid/46986
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1103-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0731
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0861
Vendor Advisory