CVE-2007-6725

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6725
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-08 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:01:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.60 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.60 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.61 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.61 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Fedora 9 Update: ghostscript-8.62-4.fc9 FEDORA www.mail-archive.com
Fedora 9 Update: ghostscript-8.62-4.fc9 www.mail-archive.com
Red Hat update for ghostscript - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Sun Solaris Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
oss-security - CVE request -- ghostscript MLIST www.openwall.com
Webmail | OVH- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for ghostscript - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060 CONFIRM wiki.rpath.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat update for ghostscript - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:095 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:096 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Sun Solaris 9 Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
ASA-2009-155 (RHSA-2009-0420) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
USN-757-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Bug 493442 – CVE-2007-6725 ghostscript: DoS (crash) in CCITTFax decoding filter CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
504 Gateway Time-out BID www.securityfocus.com
262288 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Bug 229174 – ghostscript dumps core when processing .pdf file CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:011 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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