Description
Integer overflow in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted virtual font (VF) file associated with a DVI file.
Published: 2010-05-07
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 4.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-0853 Integer overflow in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted virtual font (VF) file associated with a DVI file.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-937-1 TeX Live vulnerabilities
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
Tug Tetex Tex Live
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:59:39.284Z

Reserved: 2010-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-0827

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Status : Modified

Published: 2010-05-07T18:24:15.610

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-0827

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-03-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-0827 - Bugzilla

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