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    CVE-2009-3743

    Off-by-one error in the Ins_MINDEX function in the TrueType bytecode interpreter in Ghostscript before 8.71 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a malformed TrueType font in a document that trigger an integer overflow and a heap-based buffer overflow.

    Published:Aug 24, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Aug 26, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.06694
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Afpl Ghostscript
    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Ghostscript Fonts
    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Gpl Ghostscript
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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    CVE-2009-4897 (CVSS 9.3) — Buffer overflow in gs/psi/iscan.c in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High