CVE-2008-6679
Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code
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
- 4.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.1% 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
- Moderate. 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
- 2009-04-08 16:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 11:41Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-04-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ae8616d49180e6c085a1061d03c8229bed0a1d2213710525a5a8b7d881f4a32f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0421http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10019https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10019
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-3709https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00460.html
- sunsolve.sun.com262288http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1
- www.securityfocus.com20090417 rPSA-2009-0060-1 ghostscripthttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com34729http://secunia.com/advisories/34729
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690211
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:011http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:095http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-3710https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00461.html
- secunia.com34732http://secunia.com/advisories/34732
- secunia.com35569http://secunia.com/advisories/35569
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1708http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708
- secunia.com35559http://secunia.com/advisories/35559
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493445
- secunia.com35416http://secunia.com/advisories/35416
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-757-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090401 CVE request -- ghostscripthttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10
- secunia.com34667http://secunia.com/advisories/34667
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.64~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.64~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.64~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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