DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0196

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0196

    Published: 16 Apr 2009Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2009-0196

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0196

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.64~dfsg-1.1

    Affected versions

    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