CVE-2007-6725

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    CVE-2007-6725

    Published: 8 Apr 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The CCITTFax decoding filter in Ghostscript 8.60, 8.61, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a buffer underflow in the cf_decode_2d function.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/34726, http://secunia.com/advisories/34729, http://secunia.com/advisories/34732, http://secunia.com/advisories/35416, http://secunia.com/advisories/35559, http://secunia.com/advisories/35569, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:096, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229174, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493442, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-155.htm, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060, http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-package-announce%40redhat.com/msg11830.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0420.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34337, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9507, https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/

    Affected packages

    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