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CVE-2010-1440

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
Publication date:
07/05/2010
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tetex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2009 (including)
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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