CVE-2010-0739

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-189

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Apr 16, 2010
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2010-0739: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix