Out-of-Bounds Affecting ghostscript package, versions <8.64~dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
12.35% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-GHOSTSCRIPT-528290
  • published8 Apr 2009
  • disclosed8 Apr 2009

Introduced: 8 Apr 2009

CVE-2008-6679  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 ghostscript to version 8.64~dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.

CVSS Scores

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