texlive: Integer overflow by processing special commands
Published May 7, 2010
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.43%
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
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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
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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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.43% (0.03430) | 88.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.43% (0.03430) | 87.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.85% (0.02852) | 85.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.27% (0.04269) | 92.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.27% (0.04269) | 90.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 89.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 89.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 73.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 88.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 74.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1440 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586819 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1440
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10068 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1440
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1440 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586819 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1440 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10068 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1440 |
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