CVE-2009-3743

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    CVE-2009-3743

    Published: 26 Aug 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/644319, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JALR-87YGN8, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514892/100/0/threaded, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024785

    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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