CVE-2010-1869
Stack-based buffer overflow in the parser function in GhostScript 8.70 and 8.64 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file.
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the parser function in GhostScript 8.70 and 8.64 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file.
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
- 9.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.2% 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-05-12 00:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 01:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-05-10
- 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
- d8711451971f728fc17a70f39ea0de68eeb944b972c899dfb3215b7b5958452c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1195http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1195
- secunia.com39753http://secunia.com/advisories/39753
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1138http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1138
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:102http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:102
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-961-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
- www.securityfocus.com40103http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40103
- www.securitytracker.com1024003http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024003
- secunia.com40580http://secunia.com/advisories/40580
- www.checkpoint.comhttp://www.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2010/cpai-10-May.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:014http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- www.securityfocus.com20100512 Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in Ghostscripthttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.71~dfsg-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.71~dfsg-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.71~dfsg-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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