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CVE-2009-0196

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
16/04/2009
Last modified:
11/10/2018

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 8.64 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:7.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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