DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0542

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0542

    Published: 21 Jun 2010Last Modified: 4 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2010-0542

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0542

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cups

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/cups?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.4-1

    Affected versions

    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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