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 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.

Published: 2010-05-07 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-1440 is rated Moderate Risk (56/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.85%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1440

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 3.78% 2.85% -0.93%
2 2025-03-29 2.85% 3.78% +0.93%
3 2025-03-17 — 2.85% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1440

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-1440

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-1440

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2010-1440 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (texlive-bin), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1440
gentoo normal CVE-2010-1440: 1 GLSA(s) (201206-28), 1 atom(s) (app-text/texlive-core); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-1440
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1440
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-1440 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (texlive-bin), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): released 4, DNE 1, ignored 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1440

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1440

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tug tetex — cpe:2.3:a:tug:tetex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tug tex_live <= 2009 cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tug tex_live 1996 cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:1996:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tug tex_live 1998 cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:1998:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tug tex_live 1999 cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:1999:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tug tex_live 2000 cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tug tex_live 2001 cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tug tex_live 2002 cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tug tex_live 2003 cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tug tex_live 2004 cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tug tex_live 2005 cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tug tex_live 2007 cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tug tex_live 2008 cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1440

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