CVE-2008-6679 (GCVE-0-2008-6679)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-04-08 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
20 references
Date Public
2008-12-22 00:00
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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