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Ghostscript 'iscan.c' PDF Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Ghostscript and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to improper bounds checking by 'iscan.c' when processing malicious 'PDF' files, which leads to open a specially-crafted PDF file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Ghostscript version 8.64 and prior
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Ghostscript version 8.71 or later.