CVE-2010-1440
EPSS 2.9%
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.
How to fix CVE-2010-1440
To remediate CVE-2010-1440, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/texlive-bin—upgrade to 2009-6 or later
Is CVE-2010-1440 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2009-6