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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.