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CVE-2008-6679
Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (20)
- RHSA-2009:0421 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10019 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-3709 (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
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690211 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-3710 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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
- 35559 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493445 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
- 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
- 34667 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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