HIGH
ghostscript: Missing boundary check in Ghostscript's jbig2dec library
Published Apr 16, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.43%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the big2_decode_symbol_dict function (jbig2_symbol_dict.c) in the JBIG2 decoding library (jbig2dec) in Ghostscript 8.64, and probably earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with a large run length value.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 8.64
- 0
- 5.50
- 7.07
- 8.0.1
- 8.15
- 8.15.2
- 8.54
- 8.56
- 8.57
- 8.60
- 8.61
- 8.62
- 8.63
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ghostscript-0:8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.7
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0421
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ghostscript-0:8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.7 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0421 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
7.43% 0.07433
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.07433
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 7.43% (0.07433) | 94.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.36% (0.07365) | 93.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 9.53% (0.09527) | 93.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 12.16% (0.12164) | 93.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.70% (0.09703) | 88.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 12.16% (0.12164) | 93.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 8.54% (0.08538) | 94.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 15, 2023 | 13.87% (0.13865) | 95.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 15.14% (0.15136) | 95.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 13.76% (0.13765) | 94.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 15.81% (0.15814) | 95.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 87.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (31)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://osvdb.org/53492 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploit
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/34667 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34729 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34732 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35559 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35569 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-21/ x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502586/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34445 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022029 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0983 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0196 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=337747 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493379 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0196
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10533 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0196
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00460.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00461.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner flexera
Published Apr 16, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 20, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0196
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a