CVE-2010-0739
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 5%
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.
Products: tug tetex, tug tex_live
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | texlive-bin | 2009-6 |
| Debian 13 | texlive-bin | 2009-6 |
| Debian 14 | texlive-bin | 2009-6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | tetex | 0:1.0.7-67.19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | tetex-afm | 0:1.0.7-67.19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | tetex-debuginfo | 0:1.0.7-67.19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | tetex-dvips | 0:1.0.7-67.19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | tetex-fonts | 0:1.0.7-67.19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | tetex-latex | 0:1.0.7-67.19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | tetex-xdvi | 0:1.0.7-67.19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | tetex | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | tetex-afm | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | tetex-debuginfo | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | tetex-doc | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | tetex-dvips | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | tetex-fonts | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | tetex-latex | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | tetex-xdvi | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tetex | 0:3.0-33.8.el5_5.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tetex-afm | 0:3.0-33.8.el5_5.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tetex-debuginfo | 0:3.0-33.8.el5_5.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tetex-doc | 0:3.0-33.8.el5_5.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tetex-dvips | 0:3.0-33.8.el5_5.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tetex-fonts | 0:3.0-33.8.el5_5.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tetex-latex | 0:3.0-33.8.el5_5.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tetex-xdvi | 0:3.0-33.8.el5_5.5 |