CVE-2009-3743 | BDVDB-2026-43061 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024785
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514892/100/0/threaded
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JALR-87YGN8
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/644319

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12010-08-26Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.