FKIE_CVE-2010-1440
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-05-07 18:24 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:18
Severity
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.
References
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