CVE-2009-4897 (GCVE-0-2009-4897)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-07-22 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Buffer overflow in gs/psi/iscan.c in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document containing a long name.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
10 references
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|---|---|
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
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| http://www.osvdb.org/66277 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/40580 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2009-06-16 00:00
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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