CVE-2007-6725

Public Exploit

Description

The CCITTFax decoding filter in Ghostscript 8.60, 8.61, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a buffer underflow in the cf_decode_2d function.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.17% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mail-archive.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0420.html vendor advisory
http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-package-announce%40redhat.com/msg11830.html vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/34729 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229174 exploit
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34337 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34732 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35569 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9507 vdb entry signature
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:096 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35559 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 third party advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493442 exploit
https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10 mailing list
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-155.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/34726 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-6725?
CVE-2007-6725 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6725?
To fix CVE-2007-6725, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-6725 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-6725 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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