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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-ass

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.077
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tug tetexall versions
tug tex liveall versions

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6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD16 Apr 2010 · 06:30 PM

Vendor Advisories

4
rhsaRHSA-2010:0401Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2010:0400Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2010:0399Moderate
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