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    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. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

    Published:Apr 12, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Apr 16, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.08512
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Tug
    Product
    Tetex
    Vendor
    Tug
    Product
    Tex Live

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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    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/39390
    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/39390
    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

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