CVE-2010-1440

texlive: Integer overflow by processing special commands

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Múltiples desbordamientos de enteros en dvipsk/dospecial.c en dvips en TeX Live 2009 y anteriores y teTeX, permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (caída de aplicación) o posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario a través de un comando especial en un fichero DVI, relativo a las funciones (1) predospecial y (2) bbdospecial, vulnerabilidad diferente a CVE-2010-0739.

*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

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2010-04-15 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-189: Numeric Errors
CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10068	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041573.html	2023-02-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html	2023-02-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html	2023-02-13
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml	2023-02-13
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1	2023-02-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586819	2010-05-06
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1440	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"				<= 2009 Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live" and version " <= 2009"		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tex Live Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live"				1996 Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live" and version "1996"		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tex Live Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live"				1998 Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live" and version "1998"		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tex Live Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live"				1999 Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live" and version "1999"		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tex Live Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live"				2000 Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live" and version "2000"		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tex Live Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live"				2001 Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live" and version "2001"		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tex Live Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live"				2002 Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live" and version "2002"		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tex Live Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live"				2003 Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live" and version "2003"		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tex Live Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live"				2004 Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live" and version "2004"		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tex Live Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live"				2005 Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live" and version "2005"		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tex Live Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live"				2007 Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live" and version "2007"		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tex Live Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live"				2008 Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live" and version "2008"		-		Affected