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CVE-2010-0827

Integer overflow in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted virtual font (VF) file associated with a DVI file.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-0827 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from tug, from tug organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-05-07T18:24:15.610

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-189

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	tug	tex_live	≤ 2009	Yes
Application	tug	tex_live	1996	Yes
Application	tug	tex_live	1998	Yes
Application	tug	tex_live	1999	Yes
Application	tug	tex_live	2000	Yes
Application	tug	tex_live	2001	Yes
Application	tug	tex_live	2002	Yes
Application	tug	tex_live	2003	Yes
Application	tug	tex_live	2004	Yes
Application	tug	tex_live	2005	Yes
Application	tug	tex_live	2007	Yes
Application	tug	tex_live	2008	Yes
Application	tug	tetex	*	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html ([email protected])
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0827 ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39971 ([email protected])
http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog?r1=18009&r2=18095 ([email protected])
http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog?view=log ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572914 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10052 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0827 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39971 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog?r1=18009&r2=18095 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog?view=log (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572914 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10052 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For tug's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.