CVE-2009-0196
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 7.4%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the big2_decode_symbol_dict function (jbig2_symbol_dict.c) in the JBIG2 decoding library (jbig2dec) in Ghostscript 8.64, and probably earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with a large run length value.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 7.4% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0205)
- Published
- April 16, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0205 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ghostscript / ghostscript
- ghostscript / ghostscript
- ghostscript / ghostscript
- ghostscript / ghostscript
- ghostscript / ghostscript
- ghostscript / ghostscript
- ghostscript / ghostscript
- ghostscript / ghostscript
- ghostscript / ghostscript
- ghostscript / ghostscript
- ghostscript / ghostscript
- ghostscript / ghostscript
- ghostscript / ghostscript
- ghostscript / ghostscript
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
- http://osvdb.org/53492(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34292(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34667
- 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://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-21/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502586/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34445(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022029
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0983(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=337747(Exploit)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10533
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00460.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00461.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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