CVE-2008-6679

N/A
Published: April 8, 2009 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGhostscript

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (20)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/34667
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/34729
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/34732
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/35559
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/35569

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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