CVE-2009-3743
Off-by-one error in the Ins_MINDEX function in the TrueType bytecode interpreter in Ghostscript before 8.71 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory
02 Description
Off-by-one error in the Ins_MINDEX function in the TrueType bytecode interpreter in Ghostscript before 8.71 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory
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
- 6.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.8% 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
- 2010-08-26 20:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-10-22
- Assigning CNA
- certcc
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- dfdf3e662cf53bf7edec8ad13470f712f0c8cb1b300b40627114a57c1578b415
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:0095https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201412-17http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
- www.securitytracker.com1024785http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024785
- www.securityfocus.com20101125 TSSA-2010-01 Ghostscript library Ins_MINDEX() integer overflow and heap corruptionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514892/100/0/threaded
- www.kb.cert.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JALR-87YGN8
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#644319http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/644319
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.71~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.71~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.71~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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