CVE-2009-0584
icc.c in the International Color Consortium (ICC) Format library (aka icclib), as used in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier and Argyll Color Management System (CMS) 1.0.3 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by using a device file for processing a crafted image file associated with large integer values for certain sizes, related to an ICC profile in a (1) PostScript or (2) PDF file with embedded images.
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-189
- EPSS score
- 4.1% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0587)
- Published
- March 23, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0587 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- argyllcms / cms
- 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://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261087
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
- http://osvdb.org/52988
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34266
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34373(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34381(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34393(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34398(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34418
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34437(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34443
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34469
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34729
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35559
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35569
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021868
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-098.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0050
- http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=10666(US Government Resource)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1746
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-37.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:096
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0345.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501994/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34184
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-743-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0776(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0777(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0816(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487744
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49327
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2991
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10544
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00770.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00772.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00887.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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