CVE-2010-0739

texlive: Integer overflow by processing special commands

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento de enteros en la función predospecial en dospecial.c en dvips en (1) TeX Live y (2) teTeX puede permitir a atacantes asistidos por usuarios ejecutar código a través de un fichero DVI manipulado que lanza un desbordamiento de búfer basado en pila. NOTA: algunos de estos detalles han sido obtenidos a partir de terceros.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2010-02-26 CVE Reserved
2010-04-16 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-189: Numeric Errors
CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39500	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11468	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041573.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html	2023-11-07
http://secunia.com/advisories/39390	2023-11-07
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml	2023-11-07
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1	2023-11-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572941	2010-05-06
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0739	2010-05-06

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tetex Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tetex"				*		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tex Live Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live"				*		-		Affected