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CVE-2010-1628
Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file…
High9.3EPSS 4.0%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file containing unlimited recursive procedure invocations, which trigger memory corruption in the stack of the interpreter.
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)
- 4.0% · top 9.3% 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- 39753 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20100511 Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in Ghostscript (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201412-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 40107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:134 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100518 Re: CVE assignment: ghostscript stack-based overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1138 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-961-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691295 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 40580 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20100512 Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in Ghostscript (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100511 Re: CVE assignment: ghostscript stack-based overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/546009 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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)
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