CVE-2009-4897
N/A
Published: July 22, 2010 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorGpl GhostscriptAfpl GhostscriptGhostscript Fonts
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (10)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/40580Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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