CVE-2010-1440
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CVE-2010-1440 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 3.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Tug | Tetex | All versions |
| Tug | Tex Live | <= 2009 |
| 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 |
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