CVE-2010-0827 (GCVE-0-2010-0827)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-05-07 17:43 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Integer overflow in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted virtual font (VF) file associated with a DVI file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39971 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-20… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572914 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Date Public
2010-04-22 00:00
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