CVE-2009-0196

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0196
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerflexera
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-16 15:12:57 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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 All 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
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: ghostscript-8.63-6.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
osvdb.org/53492 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Exploit
Fedora 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
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Vulnerabilities - Secunia Research - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[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
Ghostscript jbig2dec JBIG2 Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.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
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: ghostscript-8.63-3.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityTracker: Ghostscript Heap Overflow in jbig2dec Library Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for ghostscript - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ghostscript 'jbig2dec' JBIG2 Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
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