CVE-2009-0196
N/A
Published: April 16, 2009 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGhostscript
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
Description
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.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (27)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34292Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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