CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-4897

9.3 HIGH Published 2010-07-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-07-22
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

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.

Affected configurations

• artifex afpl ghostscript 6.0 • artifex afpl ghostscript 6.01 • artifex afpl ghostscript 6.50 • artifex afpl ghostscript 7.00 • artifex afpl ghostscript 7.03 • artifex afpl ghostscript 7.04 • artifex afpl ghostscript 8.00 • artifex afpl ghostscript 8.11 • artifex afpl ghostscript 8.12 • artifex afpl ghostscript 8.13 • artifex afpl ghostscript 8.14 • artifex afpl ghostscript 8.50 • artifex afpl ghostscript 8.51 • artifex afpl ghostscript 8.52 • artifex afpl ghostscript 8.53 • artifex afpl ghostscript 8.54 • artifex ghostscript fonts 8.11 • artifex gpl ghostscript (<= 8.64) • artifex gpl ghostscript 8.01 • artifex gpl ghostscript 8.15 • artifex gpl ghostscript 8.50 • artifex gpl ghostscript 8.51 • artifex gpl ghostscript 8.54 • artifex gpl ghostscript 8.56 • artifex gpl ghostscript 8.57 • artifex gpl ghostscript 8.60 • artifex gpl ghostscript 8.61 • artifex gpl ghostscript 8.62 • artifex gpl ghostscript 8.63 • artifex gpl ghostscript 8.70 • artifex gpl ghostscript 8.71

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References