VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2010-0739
Integer 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.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 4.92%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.92%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Integer 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.92% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- tug/tetex · tug/tex live
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-stable.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=source/xapps-extra/tetex/texlive-CVE-2010-0739-int-overflow.patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041573.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39390Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39500
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572941
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11468
- http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-stable.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=source/xapps-extra/tetex/texlive-CVE-2010-0739-int-overflow.patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041573.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39390Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39500
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572941
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11468
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.