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CVE-2009-4897

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
22/07/2010
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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 containing a long name.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:6.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:6.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:7.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:7.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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