FKIE_CVE-2009-4897

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-07-22 05:40 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:14
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in gs/psi/iscan.c in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document containing a long name.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/40580Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.osvdb.org/66277
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60380
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/40580Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/66277
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60380
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
artifex afpl_ghostscript 6.0
artifex afpl_ghostscript 6.01
artifex afpl_ghostscript 6.50
artifex afpl_ghostscript 7.00
artifex afpl_ghostscript 7.03
artifex afpl_ghostscript 7.04
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.00
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.11
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.12
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.13
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.14
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.50
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.51
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.52
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.53
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.54
artifex ghostscript_fonts 8.11
artifex gpl_ghostscript *
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.01
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.15
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.50
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.51
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.54
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.56
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.57
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.60
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.61
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.62
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.63
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.70
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.71
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