CVE-2009-3743
Off-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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Off-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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 6.75% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- artifex/afpl ghostscript · artifex/ghostscript fonts · artifex/gpl ghostscript
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/644319US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JALR-87YGN8US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514892/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024785
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/644319US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JALR-87YGN8US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514892/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024785
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.