CVE-2010-0829 (GCVE-0-2010-0829)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-05-07 17:43 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:59
VLAI
Summary
Multiple array index errors in set.c in dvipng 1.11 and 1.12, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed DVI file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
canonical CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 80/100 over 102 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1219 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2048 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573999 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-936-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2010-05-06 00:00
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