CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-0196

9.3 HIGH Published 2009-04-16 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-04-16
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the big2_decode_symbol_dict function (jbig2_symbol_dict.c) in the JBIG2 decoding library (jbig2dec) in Ghostscript 8.64, and probably earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with a large run length value.

Affected configurations

• ghostscript ghostscript (<= 8.64) • ghostscript ghostscript 0 • ghostscript ghostscript 5.50 • ghostscript ghostscript 7.07 • ghostscript ghostscript 8.0.1 • ghostscript ghostscript 8.15 • ghostscript ghostscript 8.15.2 • ghostscript ghostscript 8.54 • ghostscript ghostscript 8.56 • ghostscript ghostscript 8.57 • ghostscript ghostscript 8.60 • ghostscript ghostscript 8.61 • ghostscript ghostscript 8.62 • ghostscript ghostscript 8.63

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References