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GHSA-53PW-2446-9FC8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-02 03:59 – Updated: 2022-05-02 03:59

Details

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.

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  "modified": "2022-05-02T03:59:29Z",
  "published": "2022-05-02T03:59:29Z",
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CVE-2009-4897 (GCVE-0-2009-4897)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-07-22 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:17

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 986 records in the last 180 days details

References

10 references

URL	Tags
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.osvdb.org/66277	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/40580	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2009-06-16 00:00

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