9.3

CVE-2009-3743: artifex afpl_ghostscript Numeric Errors

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-3743
Published 26-08-2010Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-3743 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Numeric Errors vulnerability in artifex afpl_ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 6.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.75%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2012:0095

Timeline

  1. 26-08-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.75% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
6.75%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Artifex3 products
  • afpl_ghostscript6.0 | 6.01 | 6.50 | 7.00 | 7.03 | 7.04 | 8.00 | 8.11 | 8.12 | 8.13 | 8.14 | 8.50 | 8.51 | 8.52 | 8.53 | 8.54
  • ghostscript_fonts6.0 | 8.11
  • gpl_ghostscript≤ 8.70 | 8.01 | 8.15 | 8.50 | 8.51 | 8.54 | 8.56 | 8.57 | 8.60 | 8.61 | 8.62 | 8.63 | 8.64
Debian1 product
  • ghostscript< 8.71~dfsg-1

2 vendors · 4 products

References

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