CVE-2009-4270 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Ghostscript

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents8 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
8.6%
top 7.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Artifex GhostscriptGhostscript
Timeline
PublishedDec 21
Latest updateMay 2

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the errprintf function in base/gsmisc.c in ghostscript 8.64 through 8.70 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, as originally reported for debug logging code in gdevcups.c in the CUPS output driver.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianartifex/ghostscript< 8.70~dfsg-2.1+3
▶NVDghostscript/ghostscript8.64, 8.70+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-m27g-4vw6-6c82: Stack-based buffer overflow in the errprintf function in base/gsmisc↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-4270: Stack-based buffer overflow in the errprintf function in base/gsmisc↗2009-12-21
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CVEList
CVE-2009-4270: Stack-based buffer overflow in the errprintf function in base/gsmisc↗2009-12-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2010-07-13
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Debian
CVE-2009-4270: ghostscript - Stack-based buffer overflow in the errprintf function in base/gsmisc.c in ghosts...↗2009
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Red Hat
CVE-2009-4270 ghostscript buffer overflow in cups output driver↗
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-4270 ghostscript buffer overflow in cups output driver↗2009-11-24
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