CVE-2007-6725

high

Description

The CCITTFax decoding filter in Ghostscript 8.60, 8.61, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a buffer underflow in the cf_decode_2d function.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9507

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2007-6688

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493442

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229174

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34337

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0420.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:096

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095

http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-package-announce%40redhat.com/msg11830.html

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-155.htm

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/35569

http://secunia.com/advisories/35559

http://secunia.com/advisories/35416

http://secunia.com/advisories/34732

http://secunia.com/advisories/34729

http://secunia.com/advisories/34726

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-04-08

Updated: 2026-04-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06173