01 Record

CVE-2008-0411

Stack-based buffer overflow in the zseticcspace function in zicc.c in Ghostscript 8.61 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a postscript (.ps) file containing a long Range

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 14.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 96.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2008-02-28 21:00Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 07:46Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-01-23

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

444cf69c0cce1771bf092f41897c738433319594fa57f3d51ae1d0245fc6ffb0

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

ghostscriptghostscriptNot specified—

mandrakesoftmandrake_linuxNot specified—

mandrakesoftmandrake_linux_corporate_serverNot specified—

mandrakesoftmandrakesoft_corporate_serverNot specified—

redhatdesktopNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_desktopNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_desktop_workstationNot specified—

rpathrpath_linuxNot specified—

susenovell_linux_posNot specified—

suseopen_suseNot specified—

susesuse_linuxNot specified—

susesuse_open_enterprise_serverNot specified—

06 References

secunia.com29103http://secunia.com/advisories/29103third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.ubuntu.comUSN-599-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-599-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200803-14http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-14.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
secunia.com29154http://secunia.com/advisories/29154third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com29196http://secunia.com/advisories/29196third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.com20080228 Ghostscript buffer overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488946/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.vupen.comADV-2008-0693http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0693/referencesvdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
secunia.com29314http://secunia.com/advisories/29314third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.com20080228 rPSA-2008-0082-1 espgshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488932/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9557https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9557vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
secunia.com29101http://secunia.com/advisories/29101third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0082x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com29112http://secunia.com/advisories/29112third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:010http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00009.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
secunia.com29147http://secunia.com/advisories/29147third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:055http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:055vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2217x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com29768http://secunia.com/advisories/29768third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.securitytracker.com1019511http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019511vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.debian.orgDSA-1510http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1510vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0155http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0155.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.securityfocus.com28017http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28017vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
scary.beasts.orghttp://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-001.htmlx_refsource_MISC
www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-1998https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00085.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
secunia.com29135http://secunia.com/advisories/29135third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com29169http://secunia.com/advisories/29169third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
slackware.comSSA:2008-062-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.370633vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

ghostscript
Fixed in 8.61.dfsg.1-1.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

ghostscript
Fixed in 8.61.dfsg.1-1.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

ghostscript
Fixed in 8.61.dfsg.1-1.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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