CVE-2009-4897
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.6%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in gs/psi/iscan.c in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document containing a long name.
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
- 6.6% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4860)
- Published
- July 22, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4860 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected 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 / 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
- artifex / gpl ghostscript
References
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40580(Vendor Advisory)
- 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.osvdb.org/66277
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60380
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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