CVE-2009-4897

Buffer overflow in gs/psi/iscan.c in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document containing a long name.

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2010-07-22

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Afpl Ghostscript (Artifex)
• Ghostscript Fonts (Artifex)
• Gpl Ghostscript (Artifex)

References

• http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40580
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135
• http://www.osvdb.org/66277
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60380