FKIE_CVE-2009-3743

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-08-26 21:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:12
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cret@cert.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
cret@cert.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/644319US Government Resource
cret@cert.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JALR-87YGN8US Government Resource
cret@cert.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514892/100/0/threaded
cret@cert.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024785
cret@cert.orghttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/644319US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JALR-87YGN8US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514892/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024785
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
artifex afpl_ghostscript 6.0
artifex afpl_ghostscript 6.01
artifex afpl_ghostscript 6.50
artifex afpl_ghostscript 7.00
artifex afpl_ghostscript 7.03
artifex afpl_ghostscript 7.04
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.00
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.11
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.12
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.13
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.14
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.50
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.51
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.52
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.53
artifex afpl_ghostscript 8.54
artifex ghostscript_fonts 6.0
artifex ghostscript_fonts 8.11
artifex gpl_ghostscript *
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.01
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.15
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.50
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.51
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.54
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.56
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.57
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.60
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.61
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.62
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.63
artifex gpl_ghostscript 8.64
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      "value": "Un error por un paso en la funci\u00f3n Ins_MINDEX en el int\u00e9rprete de c\u00f3digo de bytes TrueType en Ghostscript anterior a versi\u00f3n 8.71, permite a los atacantes remotos ejecutar c\u00f3digo arbitrario o causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (corrupci\u00f3n de memoria de la pila) por medio de una fuente TrueType malformada en un documento que desencadena un desbordamiento de enteros y un desbordamiento de b\u00fafer en la regi\u00f3n heap de la memoria."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:12:16.473",
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