CVE-2010-1628 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in GPL Ghostscript

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer9 documents8 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
5.1%
top 10.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Artifex GhostscriptArtifex GPL Ghostscript
Timeline
PublishedMay 19
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianartifex/ghostscript< 8.71~dfsg2-4+3
▶NVDartifex/gpl_ghostscript8.64, 8.70+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-67rg-j83g-ppg2: Ghostscript 8↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2010-1628: Ghostscript 8↗2010-05-19
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CVEList
CVE-2010-1628: Ghostscript 8↗2010-05-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2010-07-13
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Red Hat
ghostscript: internal stack overflow due to recursive calls↗2010-05-11
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Debian
CVE-2010-1628: ghostscript - Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent att...↗2010
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-1628 ghostscript: internal stack overflow due to recursive calls [fedora-all]↗2010-07-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2010-1628 ghostscript: internal stack overflow due to recursive calls↗2010-05-14
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