CVE-2010-0739

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0739
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-04-16 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tug Tetex All All All All
Application Tug Tex Live All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:013 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Tex Live "predospecial()" Integer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Bug 572941 – CVE-2010-0739 tetex, texlive: Integer overflow by processing special commands af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- TeX Live: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: texlive-2007-47.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-937-1: TeX Live vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
We've got some trouble | 404 - Resource not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.frugalware.org
TeX Live 'dospecial.c' '.dvi' File Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
We've got some trouble | 404 - Resource not found MITRE git.frugalware.org
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CVE-2010-0739 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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