CVE-2010-0542 | BDVDB-2026-42265 Detail
Description#
The _WriteProlog function in texttops.c in texttops in the Text Filter subsystem in CUPS before 1.4.4 does not check the return values of certain calloc calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or heap memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587746
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40943
- http://cups.org/articles.php?L596
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
- http://cups.org/strfiles/3516/str3516.patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
- http://cups.org/str.php?L3516
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10365
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024121
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.