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    CVE-2009-4897

    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.

    Published:Jun 8, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jul 22, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.10673
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Afpl Ghostscript
    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Ghostscript Fonts
    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Gpl Ghostscript

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2015-3228 (CVSS 6.8) — Integer overflow in the gs_heap_alloc_bytes function in base/gsmalloc.c in Ghostscript 9.15 and earlier allows…
    CVE-2013-5653 (CVSS 5.5) — The getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript 9.10 ignore the "-dSAFER" argument, which allows remote…
    CVE-2009-3743 (CVSS 9.3) — Off-by-one error in the Ins_MINDEX function in the TrueType bytecode interpreter in Ghostscript before 8.71 al…
    CVE-2010-2055 (CVSS 7.2) — Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local…
    CVE-2010-4054 (CVSS 4.3) — The gs_type2_interpret function in Ghostscript allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect…

    References

    http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40580
    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.securityfocus.com/bid/41593
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60380
    http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40580
    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.securityfocus.com/bid/41593
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60380

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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