CVE-2009-0196

ghostscript: Missing boundary check in Ghostscript's jbig2dec library

Published Apr 16, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 7.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the big2_decode_symbol_dict function (jbig2_symbol_dict.c) in the JBIG2 decoding library (jbig2dec) in Ghostscript 8.64, and probably earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with a large run length value.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2080-1 New ghostscript packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-757-1 Ghostscript vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/53492 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34292 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34667 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34729 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34732 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35559 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35569 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-21/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502586/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34445 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022029 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0983 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=337747 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0196 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10533 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0196 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00460.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00461.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Weaknesses

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
flexera
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:24 AM
Reserved
Jan 20, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 16, 2009, 3:12 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:04 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 8, 2009, 12:00 AM