ghostscript: internal stack overflow due to recursive calls
Published May 19, 2010
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.04%
Description
Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file containing unlimited recursive procedure invocations, which trigger memory corruption in the stack of the interpreter.
Affected products
No data.
- 8.64
- 8.70
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
ghostscript
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ghostscript
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of ghostscript as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 4.04% (0.04043) | 90.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.04% (0.04043) | 89.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 12, 2025 | 5.12% (0.05120) | 89.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.79% (0.06794) | 90.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.39% (0.08391) | 86.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.79% (0.06794) | 90.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00435) | 75.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00560) | 76.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 2, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00560) | 74.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.58% (0.00576) | 74.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.77% (0.02768) | 82.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.77% (0.02768) | 81.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.77% (0.02768) | 63.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691295 x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/May/134 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39753 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor 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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/12/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40107 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1138 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1628 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/546009 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592492 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1628
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1628
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