Buffer overflow in Artifex Gpl Ghostscript
CVE-2010-1628
Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file containing unlimited recursive procedure invocations, which trigger memory corruption in the stack of the interpreter.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.040 (90.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.040 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Artifex Gpl Ghostscript — versions 8.64, 8.70
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/39753 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/May/134 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/40107 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1138 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1 (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/40580 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)