Buffer overflow in Ghostscript
CVE-2008-6679
Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.045 (90.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Ghostscript — versions 8.62
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUNALERT)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)