CVE-2009-4270

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

6.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 94.0% 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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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.

Published

2009-12-21 16:00Z16 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 06:54Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2009-12-10

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2b310d04251e20d43d0af6146a67cc26f914d8c48e43b0c42f7e79760480f971

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201412-17http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091218 Re: possible vulnerability in ghostscript >= 8.64http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/18/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:134http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091217 possible vulnerability in ghostscript >= 8.64http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/18/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-961-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:135http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
• www.vupen.comADV-2009-3597http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3597vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• osvdb.org61140http://osvdb.org/61140vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
• secunia.com40580http://secunia.com/advisories/40580third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:014http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540760x_refsource_CONFIRM
• secunia.com37851http://secunia.com/advisories/37851third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.securityfocus.com37410http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37410vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• bugs.ghostscript.comhttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690829x_refsource_CONFIRM