CVE-2007-6725

Ghostscript <8.62 - DoS/Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

The CCITTFax decoding filter in Ghostscript 8.60, 8.61, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a buffer underflow in the cf_decode_2d function.

References (23)

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-155.htm

[Mailing List] http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-package-announce%40redhat.com/msg11830.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:096

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0420.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html

[Exploit] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229174

[Exploit] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493442

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/

[Third Party Advisory] http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34337

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9507

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/34726

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/34729

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/34732

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/35416

... and 3 more

Scores

EPSS 0.0617

EPSS Percentile 90.7%

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

ghostscript/ghostscript

Timeline

Published Apr 08, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026