CVE-2010-4054

Summary

CVECVE-2010-4054
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-10-23 20:39:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe gs_type2_interpret function in Ghostscript allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted font data in a compressed data stream, aka bug 691043.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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 9.0 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 8.70 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.71 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[gs-commits] rev 10590 - trunk/gs/base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ghostscript.com Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#538191 - Ghostscript crashes when passing a null ipsp->ip value to the gs_type2_interpret function af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, 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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