CVE-2007-6725

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6725
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-08 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:095 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat update for ghostscript - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for ghostscript - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ASA-2009-155 (RHSA-2009-0420) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:011 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Sun Solaris 9 Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-757-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
oss-security - CVE request -- ghostscript af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:096 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Sun Solaris Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fedora 9 Update: ghostscript-8.62-4.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mail-archive.com
Bug 229174 – ghostscript dumps core when processing .pdf file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Bug 493442 – CVE-2007-6725 ghostscript: DoS (crash) in CCITTFax decoding filter af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
Red Hat update for ghostscript - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Fedora 9 Update: ghostscript-8.62-4.fc9 MITRE www.mail-archive.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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