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CVE-2010-1440

Multiple integer overflows in dvipsk/dospecial.c in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a special command in a DVI file, related to the (1) predospecial and (2) bbdospecial functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0739.

Published

2010-05-07T18:24:15.877

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 tetex * Yes
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
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