ghostscript: TrueType bytecode intepreter integer overflow or wraparound
Published Aug 26, 2010
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.75%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 6.0
- 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
- 6.0
- 8.11
- ≤ 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
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ghostscript-0:8.70-6.el5_7.6
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0095
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ghostscript-0:8.70-11.el6_2.6
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0095
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
ghostscript
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ghostscript-0:8.70-6.el5_7.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0095 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript-0:8.70-11.el6_2.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0095 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ghostscript | Not affected | n/a |
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 2, 2026 | 6.75% (0.06755) | 93.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.81% (0.06811) | 93.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 3.94% (0.03936) | 88.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 5.25% (0.05250) | 88.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.69% (0.06694) | 90.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 14.76% (0.14758) | 90.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 6.69% (0.06694) | 90.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.91% (0.07911) | 91.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.46% (0.04459) | 92.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 31, 2024 | 4.79% (0.04789) | 92.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.44% (0.04439) | 91.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 89.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 88.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 74.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/644319 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JALR-87YGN8 x_refsource_MISCUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514892/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024785 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3743 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627902 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3743
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3743
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/644319 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JALR-87YGN8 | x_refsource_MISCUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514892/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024785 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3743 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627902 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3743 | ||
| https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3743 |
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