CVE-2010-1440

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  3. 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.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References
Link Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041573.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586819
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10068
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:tug:tetex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:1996:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:1998:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:1999:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

13 Feb 2023, 04:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0401', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0401', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0400', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0400', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0399', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0399', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1440', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1440', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
Summary CVE-2010-1440 tetex, texlive: Integer overflow by processing special commands 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.

02 Feb 2023, 14:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0401 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0400 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0399 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1440 -
Summary 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. CVE-2010-1440 tetex, texlive: Integer overflow by processing special commands
Information

Published : 2010-05-07 18:24

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:03

NVD link : CVE-2010-1440

Mitre link : CVE-2010-1440

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2010-1440

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Products Affected

tug

  • tex_live
  • tetex
CWE
CWE-189

Numeric Errors