CVE-2009-0196 (GCVE-0-2009-0196)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-04-16 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:24
VLAI
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the big2_decode_symbol_dict function (jbig2_symbol_dict.c) in the JBIG2 decoding library (jbig2dec) in Ghostscript 8.64, and probably earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with a large run length value.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
flexera CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard – unranked: 4 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2009-04-09 00:00
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