CVE-2010-1628

critical

Description

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.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1138

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/40580

http://secunia.com/advisories/39753

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691295

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-05-19

Updated: 2018-10-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical