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FKIE_CVE-2010-0827

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-05-07 18:24 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:16
Severity
Summary
Integer overflow in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted virtual font (VF) file associated with a DVI file.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
security@ubuntu.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
security@ubuntu.comhttp://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0827
security@ubuntu.comhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39971
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog?r1=18009&r2=18095
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog?view=log
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
security@ubuntu.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572914
security@ubuntu.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10052
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0827
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39971
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog?r1=18009&r2=18095
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog?view=log
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572914
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10052
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tug tex_live *
tug tex_live 1996
tug tex_live 1998
tug tex_live 1999
tug tex_live 2000
tug tex_live 2001
tug tex_live 2002
tug tex_live 2003
tug tex_live 2004
tug tex_live 2005
tug tex_live 2007
tug tex_live 2008
tug tetex *
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