CVE-2008-6679

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductGhostscript
PublishedApr 8, 2009
First seenApr 8, 2009

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ghostscript ghostscript8.62—

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