CVE-2009-0196

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    CVE-2009-0196

    Published: 16 Apr 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the big2_decode_symbol_dict function (jbig2_symbol_dict.c) in the JBIG2 decoding library (jbig2dec) in Ghostscript 8.64, and probably earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with a large run length value.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/34292, http://secunia.com/advisories/34667, 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://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-21/, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0983, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708, http://osvdb.org/53492, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=337747, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34445, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502586/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022029, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10533, https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00460.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00461.html

    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