CVE-2010-1628

GPL Ghostscript 8.64 8.70 - Remote Code Execution via Recursive Procedure Invocations

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1138
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39753
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/May/134
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40107
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691295
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/40580
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/12/1

Scores

EPSS 0.0512
EPSS Percentile 90.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (2)
artifex/gpl_ghostscript 8.64
artifex/gpl_ghostscript 8.70
Published May 19, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026