ghostscript: glyph data access improper input validation
Published Oct 22, 2010
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.61%
Description
The gs_type2_interpret function in Ghostscript allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted font data in a compressed data stream, aka bug 691043.
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
- 9.0
- 6.0
- 8.11
- 8.01
- 8.15
- 8.50
- 8.51
- 8.54
- 8.56
- 8.57
- 8.60
- 8.61
- 8.62
- 8.63
- 8.64
- 8.70
- 8.71
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
ghostscript-0:7.07-33.13.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0096
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
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ghostscript-0:7.07-33.13.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0096 |
| 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 |
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:N/I:N/A:P
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 1, 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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.61% (0.02609) | 84.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.68% (0.02682) | 83.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 0.76% (0.00762) | 73.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 12, 2026 | 1.87% (0.01874) | 83.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.80% (0.00799) | 72.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00522) | 77.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00522) | 76.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.52% (0.00522) | 73.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://ghostscript.com/pipermail/gs-cvs/2010-January/010333.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0096.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/538191 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4054 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646086 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4054
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4054
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://ghostscript.com/pipermail/gs-cvs/2010-January/010333.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0096.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/538191 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4054 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646086 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4054 | ||
| https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4054 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.