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DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6679

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6679 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14ghostscript0, 0, 0
Debian:12ghostscript0, 0, 0
Debian:13ghostscript0, 0, 0
Debian:11ghostscript0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Apr 8, 2009 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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