CVE-2009-0196

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0196
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-16 15:12:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 21:00:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 0 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 5.50 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 7.07 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.0.1 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.15 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.15.2 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.54 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.56 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.57 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.60 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.61 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.62 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.63 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 0 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 5.50 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 7.07 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.0.1 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.15 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.15.2 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.54 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.56 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.57 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.60 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.61 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.62 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.63 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker: Ghostscript Heap Overflow in jbig2dec Library Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Fedora update for ghostscript - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:009 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
Sun Solaris Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail | OVH- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Vulnerabilities - Secunia Research - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com MISC secunia.com Vendor Advisory
53492 OSVDB osvdb.org Exploit
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
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: ghostscript-8.63-6.fc10 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Sun Solaris 9 Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-757-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: ghostscript-8.63-3.fc9 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Ghostscript 'jbig2dec' JBIG2 Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
262288 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Ghostscript jbig2dec JBIG2 Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[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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