CVE-2009-3743

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductArtifex Ghostscript Fonts
PublishedAug 26, 2010
First seenAug 26, 2010

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
artifex ghostscript_fonts6.0, 8.11—
artifex afpl_ghostscript6.0, 6.01, 6.50, 7.00, 7.03, 7.04, 8.00, 8.11, 8.12, 8.13, 8.14, 8.50, 8.51, 8.52, 8.53, 8.54—
artifex gpl_ghostscriptv ≤ 8.70, 8.01, 8.15, 8.50, 8.51, 8.54, 8.56, 8.57, 8.60, 8.61, 8.62, 8.63, 8.64—

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