kbrain

CVE-2009-3743

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.8%EU EUVD

Off-by-one error in the Ins_MINDEX function in the TrueType bytecode interpreter in Ghostscript before 8.71 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a malformed TrueType font in a document that trigger an integer overflow and a heap-based buffer overflow.

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
6.8% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2009-3715)
Published
August 26, 2010
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3715 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / afpl ghostscript
  • artifex / ghostscript fonts
  • artifex / ghostscript fonts
  • artifex / gpl ghostscript
  • artifex / gpl ghostscript
  • artifex / gpl ghostscript
  • artifex / gpl ghostscript
  • artifex / gpl ghostscript
  • artifex / gpl ghostscript
  • artifex / gpl ghostscript
  • artifex / gpl ghostscript
  • artifex / gpl ghostscript
  • artifex / gpl ghostscript
  • artifex / gpl ghostscript
  • artifex / gpl ghostscript
  • artifex / gpl ghostscript

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

Query CVEs from your AI assistant

The CVE/NVD Explorer brain answers CVE questions directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP assistant — always up to date, no setup. Add it once and stop pasting advisories into chat.

Add the CVE brain