FKIE_CVE-2010-1628

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-05-19 22:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:18
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Summary
Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file containing unlimited recursive procedure invocations, which trigger memory corruption in the stack of the interpreter.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691295
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/May/134Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/39753Vendor 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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/12/1Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40107Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1138Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/546009Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691295
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/May/134Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/39753Vendor 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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/12/1Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40107Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1138Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/546009Exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.64
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.70
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    },
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      "value": "Ghostscript v8.64, v8.70 y puede que tambi\u00e9n otras versiones, permite a atacantes dependientes del contexto ejecutar c\u00f3digo de su elecci\u00f3n mediante un fichero PostScript que contenga invocaciones ilimitadas y recursivas a procedimientos, esto provoca una corrupci\u00f3n de memoria en la pila del int\u00e9rprete."
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  "id": "CVE-2010-1628",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:18:44.570",
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