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CVE-2009-0196

CVE information

Published

14 years ago

Last Modified

4 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
9.3/10
Exploit Score
8.6/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:7.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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