CVE-2008-6679 in Ghostscript

Summary

Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.

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• Reservation: 04/08/2009
• Disclosure: 04/08/2009
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-47622
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.3
• EPSS: 0.06059
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6679
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6679
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-6679/