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CVE-2009-3743
Off-by-one error in the Ins_MINDEX function in the TrueType bytecode interpreter in Ghostscript before 8.71 allows remote attackers to…
High9.3EPSS 6.8%
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- certcc
Description
Off-by-one error in the Ins_MINDEX function in the TrueType bytecode interpreter in Ghostscript before 8.71 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a malformed TrueType font in a document that trigger an integer overflow and a heap-based buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.8% · top 6.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (6)
- RHSA-2012:0095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201412-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1024785 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20101125 TSSA-2010-01 Ghostscript library Ins_MINDEX() integer overflow and heap corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JALR-87YGN8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#644319 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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