The CCITTFax decoding filter in Ghostscript 8.60, 8.61, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (23)

• RHSA-2009:0421 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0420 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-5699 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 262288 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 20090417 rPSA-2009-0060-1 ghostscript (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 34729 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229174 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 34337 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 34732 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35569 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1708 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9507 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 35559 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35416 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493442 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-757-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090401 CVE request -- ghostscript (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-155.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 34726 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 16:18 UTC.