HIGH
ghostscript: long name buffer overflow (GS 8.64)
Published Jul 22, 2010
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.63%
Description
Buffer overflow in gs/psi/iscan.c in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document containing a long name.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 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
- 8.11
- ≤ 8.64
- 8.01
- 8.15
- 8.50
- 8.51
- 8.54
- 8.56
- 8.57
- 8.60
- 8.61
- 8.62
- 8.63
- 8.70
- 8.71
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
ghostscript
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ghostscript
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ghostscript | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | 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.
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.
6.63% 0.06629
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06629
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.63% (0.06629) | 93.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.63% (0.06629) | 92.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Oct 15, 2025 | 8.29% (0.08294) | 91.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.67% (0.10673) | 92.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 13.83% (0.13830) | 93.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 30.82% (0.30824) | 94.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 13.83% (0.13830) | 93.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 19, 2025 | 65.24% (0.65239) | 98.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 67.21% (0.67207) | 98.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 78.06% (0.78062) | 98.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 11, 2023 | 76.96% (0.76958) | 97.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 74.69% (0.74686) | 97.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 90.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 78.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (13)
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40580 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.osvdb.org/66277 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4897 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60380 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4897
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4897
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/40580 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/66277 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4897 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60380 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4897 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4897 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jul 22, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 15, 2010
Link CVE-2009-4897
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a