CVE-2009-0583

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    CVE-2009-0583

    Published: 23 Mar 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple integer overflows in icc.c in the International Color Consortium (ICC) Format library (aka icclib), as used in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier and Argyll Color Management System (CMS) 1.0.3 and earlier, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by using a device file for a translation request that operates on a crafted image file and targets a certain "native color space," related to an ICC profile in a (1) PostScript or (2) PDF file with embedded images.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/34266, http://secunia.com/advisories/34373, http://secunia.com/advisories/34381, http://secunia.com/advisories/34393, http://secunia.com/advisories/34398, http://secunia.com/advisories/34418, http://secunia.com/advisories/34437, http://secunia.com/advisories/34443, http://secunia.com/advisories/34469, http://secunia.com/advisories/34729, http://secunia.com/advisories/35559, http://secunia.com/advisories/35569, http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0050, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1746, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:096, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0345.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-743-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0776, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0777, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0816, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487742, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00770.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00772.html, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261087, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1021868, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-098.htm, http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=10666, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-37.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501994/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34184, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49329, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2991, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10795, https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00887.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00916.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
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