PT-2010-2553 · Tex Users+2 · Tex Live+3

Dan Rosenberg

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Published

2010-05-06

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Updated

2017-09-19

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CVE-2010-0827

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions TeX Live versions 2009 and earlier teTeX (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in dvips, which can be triggered by a crafted virtual font (VF) file associated with a DVI file. This can cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, or potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code.
Recommendations For TeX Live versions 2009 and earlier, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For teTeX, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

DoS

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-0827
RHSA-2010:0399
RHSA-2010:0401
RHSA-2010_0399

Affected Products

Red Hat
Tex Live
Dvips
Tetex