CVE-2008-6679: Ghostscript vulnerability
Vendor fix available · Affected: Ghostscript · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 91% of scored CVEs
Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.
DescriptionCVE.org
Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Ghostscript
- Published
- April 2009
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-119cwe.mitre.org
- Vendor advisoryredhat.com
- Vendor advisoryredhat.com
- Vendor advisorysunsolve.sun.com
- Vendor advisorylists.opensuse.org
- Vendor advisorymandriva.com
- Vendor advisoryredhat.com
- Vendor advisoryusn.ubuntu.com
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitroval.cisecurity.org
- Third-party advisorysecunia.com
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690211bugs.ghostscript.com
- Third-party advisorysecunia.com
- Third-party advisorysecunia.com
8 more references are in the CVE record.