9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2009-4897
Ghostscript Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 22, 2010, 5:40 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:10 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2009-4897 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-4897 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Artifex gpl_ghostscript
2 Artifex afpl_ghostscript
3 Artifex ghostscript_fonts

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

CVEs and Techniques used PDF as an attack vector.

Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago
70 stars 17 fork 17 watcher
Born at : June 22, 2022, 6:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 701 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-4897 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-4897 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/40580
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/66277
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60380
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/60380 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60380 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 07, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 22, 2010

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

67.21 }} -10.86%

score

0.98111

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