texlive: Integer overflow by processing special commands
Published Apr 16, 2010
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.92%
Description
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.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
tetex-0:1.0.7-67.19
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0401
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
tetex-0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0399
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
tetex-0:3.0-33.8.el5_5.5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0400
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | tetex-0:1.0.7-67.19 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0401 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | tetex-0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0399 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tetex-0:3.0-33.8.el5_5.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0400 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
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AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.92% (0.04918) | 91.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.92% (0.04918) | 90.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.51% (0.08512) | 91.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.95% (0.11948) | 89.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.63% (0.07631) | 91.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 13.03% (0.13027) | 95.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 14, 2024 | 13.03% (0.13027) | 95.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 19, 2024 | 14.24% (0.14237) | 95.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 8, 2023 | 14.47% (0.14468) | 95.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 17.05% (0.17050) | 95.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2023 | 13.30% (0.13297) | 94.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 9.85% (0.09848) | 93.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 87.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-stable.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=source/xapps-extra/tetex/texlive-CVE-2010-0739-int-overflow.patch x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041573.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39390 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39500 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0739 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572941 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0739
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11468 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0739
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