Texlive vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product7 versions
The short answer

Texlive is made by Tug. We track 3 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 7 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. Tug lists newer releases under their own names, such as Texlive 2007, so check those pages too.

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Other names

Is Texlive listed under other names? Yes.

Tug also lists Texlive under more specific names, such as Texlive 2007. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.

Known exploited

Which Texlive vulnerabilities are being exploited?

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None of Texlive's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Texlive flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 0.4%

    mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

    CVSS6.1Published25 Aug 2017
  2. 0.4%

    mktexlsr revision 36855, and before revision 36626 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

    CVSS6.1Published25 Aug 2017
  3. 0.4%

    The pre-install script in texlive 3.1.20140525_r34255.fc21 as packaged in Fedora 21 and rpm, and texlive 6.20131226_r32488.fc20 and rpm allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a crafted file in the user's...

    CVSS4.7Published6 Oct 2017
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We track 3 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Texlive, across 7 versions.

None of Texlive's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

Tug also lists Texlive under more specific names, such as Texlive 2007. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Texlive. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.