CVE-2010-0827

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0827
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-05-07 18:24:15 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

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 1996 All All All
Application Tug Tex Live 1998 All All All
Application Tug Tex Live 1999 All All All
Application Tug Tex Live 2000 All All All
Application Tug Tex Live 2001 All All All
Application Tug Tex Live 2002 All All All
Application Tug Tex Live 2003 All All All
Application Tug Tex Live 2004 All All All
Application Tug Tex Live 2005 All All All
Application Tug Tex Live 2007 All All All
Application Tug Tex Live 2008 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
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
CVE-2010-0827 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-tracker.debian.org
TeX Live '.dvi' File Parsing (CVE-2010-0827) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[texlive] Diff of /trunk/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.tug.org
Bug 572914 – CVE-2010-0827 tetex, texlive: Buffer overflow flaw by processing virtual font files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- TeX Live: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[texlive] Log of /trunk/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.tug.org
USN-937-1: TeX Live vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
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