Unscored severity · published Aug 26, 2010
CVE-2009-3743
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…
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CVSS
6.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.8% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AG
Afpl Ghostscript · Artifex
6.0; 6.01; 6.50; 7.00; 7.03; 7.04; +10 more · source: NVD
GF
Ghostscript Fonts · Artifex
6.0; 8.11 · source: NVD
GG
Gpl Ghostscript · Artifex
through 8.70; 8.01; 8.15; 8.50; 8.51; 8.54; +7 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3743
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3743
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/644319
US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JALR-87YGN8
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514892/100/0/threaded
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024785
rhn.redhat.com
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
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