CVE-2009-0196

Ghostscript < 8.64 - Remote Code Execution via JBIG2 Symbol Dictionary Segment

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the big2_decode_symbol_dict function (jbig2_symbol_dict.c) in the JBIG2 decoding library (jbig2dec) in Ghostscript 8.64, and probably earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with a large run length value.

References (27)

Core 27
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502586/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0983
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34445
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34292
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34729
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10533
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34732
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35569
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022029
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35559
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/53492
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-21/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34667

Scores

EPSS 0.0736
EPSS Percentile 93.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (14)
ghostscript/ghostscript 0
ghostscript/ghostscript 5.50
ghostscript/ghostscript 7.07
ghostscript/ghostscript 8.0.1
ghostscript/ghostscript 8.15
ghostscript/ghostscript 8.15.2
ghostscript/ghostscript 8.54
ghostscript/ghostscript 8.56
ghostscript/ghostscript 8.57
ghostscript/ghostscript 8.60
... and 4 more
Published Apr 16, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026