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critical 9.3

CVE-2010-1628 json

Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file cont…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-1651

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file containing unlimited recursive procedure invocations, which trigger memory corruption in the stack of the interpreter.

Patch / fix

  • ghostscript Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8.71~dfsg2-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1628

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-1628 updated cvss 6.8

ghostscript: internal stack overflow due to recursive calls

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ghostscript Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ghostscript Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/May/134 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40107 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/12/1 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugs.launchpad.net https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/546009 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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