# CVE-2010-0739: Integer overflow in the predospecial function in dospecial.c in dvips in (1) TeX Live and (2) teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attacke

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-04-16 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39500
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11468
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041573.html
- 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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572941
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39390

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