CVE-2009-4897

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
Buffer overflow in gs/psi/iscan.c in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document containing a long name.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-4897
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2010-07-22T05:40:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-17T01:31:48
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:6.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:6.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:7.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:7.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript_fonts:8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 8.64
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593 Patch
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/40580 Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/66277
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60380
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4897
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4897
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:59:07 Added to TrackCVE