CVE-2009-4270
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.9%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the errprintf function in base/gsmisc.c in ghostscript 8.64 through 8.70 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, as originally reported for debug logging code in gdevcups.c in the CUPS output driver.
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
- 6.9% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4238)
- Published
- December 21, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4238 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://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690829
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/61140
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37851(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40580
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/18/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/18/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37410(Exploit)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3597(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540760
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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