CVE-2009-3743

Summary

CVECVE-2009-3743
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-08-26 21:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-10 19:47:00 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the Ins_MINDEX function in the TrueType bytecode interpreter in Ghostscript before 8.71 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a malformed TrueType font in a document that trigger an integer overflow and a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 6.0 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 6.01 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 6.50 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 7.00 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 7.03 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 7.04 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.00 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.11 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.12 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.13 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.14 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.50 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.51 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.52 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.53 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.54 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 6.0 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 6.01 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 6.50 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 7.00 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 7.03 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 7.04 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.00 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.11 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.12 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.13 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.14 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.50 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.51 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.52 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.53 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.54 All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript Fonts 6.0 All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript Fonts 8.11 All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript Fonts 6.0 All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript Fonts 8.11 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.01 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.15 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.50 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.51 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.54 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.56 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.57 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.60 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.61 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.62 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.63 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.64 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.01 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.15 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.50 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.51 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.54 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.56 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.57 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.60 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.61 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.62 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.63 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.64 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Artifex Software, Inc. Information for VU#644319 MISC www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Ghostscript TrueType Integer Overflow in Ins_MINDEX() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#644319 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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