CVE-2010-0829

dvipng: Multiple array index errors during DVI-to-PNG translation

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Multiple array index errors in set.c in dvipng 1.11 and 1.12, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed DVI file.

Múltiples errores de índice de tabla en set.c en dvipng v1.11 y v1.12, y teTeX, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída de aplicación) o posiblemente ejecutar código de su elección a través de una fichero DVI mal formado.

This GLSA contains notification of vulnerabilities found in several Gentoo packages which have been fixed prior to January 1, 2011. The worst of these vulnerabilities could lead to local privilege escalation and remote code execution.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2010-03-03 CVE Reserved
2010-05-07 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/39914	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1219	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9718	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573999	2010-05-06

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041587.html	2017-09-19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html	2017-09-19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html	2017-09-19
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2048	2017-09-19
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-936-1	2017-09-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0829	2010-05-06

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Jan-ake Larsson Search vendor "Jan-ake Larsson"		Dvipng Search vendor "Jan-ake Larsson" for product "Dvipng"				1.11 Search vendor "Jan-ake Larsson" for product "Dvipng" and version "1.11"		-		Affected
Jan-ake Larsson Search vendor "Jan-ake Larsson"		Dvipng Search vendor "Jan-ake Larsson" for product "Dvipng"				1.12 Search vendor "Jan-ake Larsson" for product "Dvipng" and version "1.12"		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tetex Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tetex"				*		-		Affected