CVE-2010-0542

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    CVE-2010-0542

    Published: 21 Jun 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The _WriteProlog function in texttops.c in texttops in the Text Filter subsystem in CUPS before 1.4.4 does not check the return values of certain calloc calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or heap memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/43521, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535, http://cups.org/articles.php?L596, http://cups.org/strfiles/3516/str3516.patch, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587746, http://cups.org/str.php?L3516, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1024121, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40943, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10365

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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