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Ghostscript Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (Windows)

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

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with Ghostscript and is prone to Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

These flaws arise due to, - a boundary error in the jbig2_symbol_dict.c() function in the JBIG2 decoding library (jbig2dec) while decoding JBIG2 symbol dictionary segments. - multiple integer overflows in icc.c in the ICC Format library while processing malformed PDF and PostScript files with embedded images.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Ghostscript version 8.64 and prior on Windows.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Ghostscript version 8.71 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)