9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2010-1628
Ghostscript Recursive Stack Overflow Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 19, 2010, 10:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:14 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2010-1628 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
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2010-1628.

URL Resource
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 Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/39753 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40580 Vendor Advisory
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 Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40107 Exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1138 Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/546009 Exploit
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 Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/39753 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40580 Vendor Advisory
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 Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40107 Exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1138 Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/546009 Exploit

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2010-1628 vulnerability over time.

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  • 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=691295
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/May/134
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39753
    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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/12/1
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40107
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1138
    Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/546009
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Oct. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded [Exploit]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded [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]

    May. 20, 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.

0.50 }} 0.06%

score

0.75986

percentile

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