CVE-2009-4897
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · Memory corruption
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
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 containing a long name.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593Patch
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40580Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135
- http://www.osvdb.org/66277
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1