--- title: "CVE-2010-1440\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1440?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2010-1440 Publication date 3 May 2010 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | texlive-bin | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2009-5ubuntu0.1 | | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2007.dfsg.2-7ubuntu1.1 | | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2007.dfsg.2-4ubuntu2.1 | | 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2007.dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1440) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1440) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-1440) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1440) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-937-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-937-1) + TeX Live vulnerabilities + 6 May 2010 ### Other references *