# CVE-2010-1440: Multiple integer overflows in dvipsk/dospecial.c in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-05-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586819
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041573.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10068
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1

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