CVE-2009-4897
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
02 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
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
- 6.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.7% 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
- 2010-07-22 01:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-06-15
- 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
- 722ae5e45dca02d426b553e2ba4416d4a3cd68ac63e256c4ad85d71541ed9a19
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201412-17http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:134http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134
- www.osvdb.org66277http://www.osvdb.org/66277
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comghostscript-iscan-bo(60380)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60380
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-961-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:135http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135
- secunia.com40580http://secunia.com/advisories/40580
- www.securityfocus.com41593http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.70~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.70~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.70~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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