CVE-2009-3743
Public on 2010-08-26
Modified on 2014-09-14
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.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | ghostscript | 2012-02-08 | ALAS-2012-42 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |