Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 7, 2010· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2010-1440
CVE-2010-1440
Description
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.
Affected products
13cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2009
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:1996:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:1998:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:1999:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041573.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xmlnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10068nvd
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