CVE-2010-1628

Impact

Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file containing unlimited recursive procedure invocations, which trigger memory corruption in the stack of the interpreter.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691295
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/May/134
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39753
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40580
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/12/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40107
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1138
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/546009
• http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691295
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/May/134
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39753
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40580
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/12/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40107