CVE-2010-1628

Public Exploit

Description

Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file containing unlimited recursive procedure invocations, which trigger memory corruption in the stack of the interpreter.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.79% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/39753 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/May/134 mailing list exploit
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40107 vdb entry exploit
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7 mailing list exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1138 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1 vendor advisory
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691295
http://secunia.com/advisories/40580 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/12/1 mailing list exploit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/546009 exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-1628?
CVE-2010-1628 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-1628?
To fix CVE-2010-1628, 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-2010-1628 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-1628 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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