Numeric Errors Affecting ghostscript-gtk package, versions <0:8.70-11.el6_2.6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.46% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-GHOSTSCRIPTGTK-2463040
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed26 Aug 2010

Introduced: 26 Aug 2010

CVE-2009-3743  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 ghostscript-gtk to version 0:8.70-11.el6_2.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2012-0095.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-gtk package and not the ghostscript-gtk package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Off-by-one error in the Ins_MINDEX function in the TrueType bytecode interpreter in Ghostscript before 8.71 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a malformed TrueType font in a document that trigger an integer overflow and a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Scores

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