DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1440

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1440

    Published: 7 May 2010Last Modified: 4 Sept 2026
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    CVE-2010-1440

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple integer overflows in dvipsk/dospecial.c in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a special command in a DVI file, related to the (1) predospecial and (2) bbdospecial functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0739.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1440

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: texlive-bin

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/texlive-bin?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2009-6

    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