CVE-2010-1628
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.0%EU EUVD
Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file containing unlimited recursive procedure invocations, which trigger memory corruption in the stack of the interpreter.
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
- 4.0% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1651)
- Published
- May 19, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1651 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- artifex / gpl ghostscript
- artifex / gpl ghostscript
References
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691295
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/May/134(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39753(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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/12/1(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40107(Exploit)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1138(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/546009(Exploit)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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