CVE-2008-6679: ghostscript

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-6679 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 4.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 08-04-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.