CVE-2007-6725
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.8%EU EUVD
The CCITTFax decoding filter in Ghostscript 8.60, 8.61, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a buffer underflow in the cf_decode_2d function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.8% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6688)
- Published
- April 8, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6688 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ghostscript / ghostscript
- ghostscript / ghostscript
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34726
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34729
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34732
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35559
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35569
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-155.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060
- http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-package-announce%40redhat.com/msg11830.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:096
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0420.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34337
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229174(Exploit)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493442(Exploit)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9507
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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