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CVE-2010-0542 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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://cups.org/articles.php?L596 Apple Inc., CVE Patch 
http://cups.org/str.php?L3516 Apple Inc., CVE
http://cups.org/strfiles/3516/str3516.patch Apple Inc., CVE Patch 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html Apple Inc., CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521 Apple Inc., CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml Apple Inc., CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024121 Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176 Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232 Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234 Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40943 Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535 Apple Inc., CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587746 Apple Inc., CVE Patch 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10365 Apple Inc., CVE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-0542
NVD Published Date:
06/21/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Apple Inc.