CVE-2024-40445

Publication date 22 April 2025

Last updated 11 March 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability in forkosh Mime TeX before version 1.77 allows attackers on Windows systems to read or append arbitrary files by manipulating crafted input paths.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mimetex	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected

Notes

sudhackar

affects mimetex only on windows

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.3 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.3 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L