CVE-2010-4054

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    CVE-2010-4054

    Published: 23 Oct 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The gs_type2_interpret function in Ghostscript allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted font data in a compressed data stream, aka bug 691043.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0096.html, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html, http://ghostscript.com/pipermail/gs-cvs/2010-January/010333.html, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/538191, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/538191

    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