6.8

CVE-2010-1440: tug tex_live Numeric Errors

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2010-1440
Published 07-05-2010Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-1440 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Numeric Errors vulnerability in tug tex_live. EPSS estimates a 3.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.43%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
RHSA-2010:0399RHSA-2010:0400RHSA-2010:0401

Timeline

  1. 07-05-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.43% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • texlive-bin< 2009-6
Tug1 product
  • tex_live≤ 2009 | 1996 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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