Integer overflow in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)
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
- May 7, 2010
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 4.4% · 91th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-189
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Action score
28
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Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 4.4%
Affected systems
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
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Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | texlive-bin | before 2009-6 | 2009-6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | tetex | before 0:1.0.7-67.19 | 0:1.0.7-67.19 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | tetex-afm | before 0:1.0.7-67.19 | 0:1.0.7-67.19 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | tetex-debuginfo | before 0:1.0.7-67.19 | 0:1.0.7-67.19 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | tetex-dvips | before 0:1.0.7-67.19 | 0:1.0.7-67.19 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | tetex-fonts | before 0:1.0.7-67.19 | 0:1.0.7-67.19 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | tetex-latex | before 0:1.0.7-67.19 | 0:1.0.7-67.19 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | tetex-xdvi | before 0:1.0.7-67.19 | 0:1.0.7-67.19 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | tetex | before 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | tetex-afm | before 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | tetex-debuginfo | before 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | tetex-doc | before 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | tetex-dvips | before 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | tetex-fonts | before 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | tetex-latex | before 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | tetex-xdvi | before 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 |
Same product
tug: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2017-17513TeX Live through 20170524 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might 35Monitor
- CVE-2018-17407An issue was discovered in t1_check_unusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21.32Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:texlive-bin | 2009-6 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:tetex | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:tetex-afm | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:tetex-debuginfo | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:tetex-doc | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:tetex-dvips | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:tetex-fonts | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:tetex-latex | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:tetex-xdvi | 0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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Patch and commit links
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Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-189 · Numeric ErrorsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0827
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/39971
- www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog?r1=18009&r2=18095
- www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog?view=log
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572914
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10052
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.