CVE-2010-0739 (GCVE-0-2010-0739)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-04-16 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Integer overflow in the predospecial function in dospecial.c in dvips in (1) TeX Live and (2) teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DVI file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
10 references
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| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=fru… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572941 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/39390 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
Date Public
2010-04-13 00:00
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