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CVE-2010-1440

Published: May 07, 2010 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1440
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
TetexTug**
Tex_liveTug*2009 (including)
Tex_liveTug1996 (including)1996 (including)
Tex_liveTug1998 (including)1998 (including)
Tex_liveTug1999 (including)1999 (including)
Tex_liveTug2000 (including)2000 (including)
Tex_liveTug2001 (including)2001 (including)
Tex_liveTug2002 (including)2002 (including)
Tex_liveTug2003 (including)2003 (including)
Tex_liveTug2004 (including)2004 (including)
Tex_liveTug2005 (including)2005 (including)
Tex_liveTug2007 (including)2007 (including)
Tex_liveTug2008 (including)2008 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHattetex-0:1.0.7-67.19*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHattetex-0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHattetex-0:3.0-33.8.el5_5.5*
Texlive-binUbuntuhardy*
Texlive-binUbuntuintrepid*
Texlive-binUbuntujaunty*
Texlive-binUbuntukarmic*
Texlive-binUbuntulucid*
Texlive-binUbuntuupstream*

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