CVE-2009-4897

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60380

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593

http://www.osvdb.org/66277

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/40580

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-07-22

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H