PT-2009-2876 · Artifex+1 · Ghostscript+1

Alin Rad Pop · Published 2009-04-14 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2009-0196

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ghostscript versions prior to 8.64

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists in the JBIG2 decoding library, specifically in the big2 decode symbol dict function, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file containing a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with a large run length value.

Recommendations For Ghostscript versions prior to 8.64, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0196

DSA-2080-1

DTSA-198-1

RHSA-2009:0421

RHSA-2009_0421

Affected Products

Ghostscript

Red Hat

References · 39

• 🔥 http://osvdb.org/53492 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=337747 · Exploit
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-0196 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-21 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/34445 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06205 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00460.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0196 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00461.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0983 · Vendor Advisory