FKIE_CVE-2009-0196
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-04-16 15:12 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:04
Severity
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the big2_decode_symbol_dict function (jbig2_symbol_dict.c) in the JBIG2 decoding library (jbig2dec) in Ghostscript 8.64, and probably earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with a large run length value.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript | ghostscript | * | |
| ghostscript | ghostscript | 0 | |
| ghostscript | ghostscript | 5.50 | |
| ghostscript | ghostscript | 7.07 | |
| ghostscript | ghostscript | 8.0.1 | |
| ghostscript | ghostscript | 8.15 | |
| ghostscript | ghostscript | 8.15.2 | |
| ghostscript | ghostscript | 8.54 | |
| ghostscript | ghostscript | 8.56 | |
| ghostscript | ghostscript | 8.57 | |
| ghostscript | ghostscript | 8.60 | |
| ghostscript | ghostscript | 8.61 | |
| ghostscript | ghostscript | 8.62 | |
| ghostscript | ghostscript | 8.63 |
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