CVE-2010-1869
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 9.2%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the parser function in GhostScript 8.70 and 8.64 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file.
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
- 9.2% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1889)
- Published
- May 12, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1889 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39753
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40580
- http://www.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2010/cpai-10-May.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:102
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40103
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024003
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1138
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1195
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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