TI-2010-01572 Aliases CVE-2010-1628 GHSA-67rg-j83g-ppg2

Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent attackers to…

MEDIUM 47CWE-119Published 2010-05-19 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04043 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 4 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.64:::::::*	8.64	Vulnerable	Artifex
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.70:::::::*	8.70	Vulnerable	Artifex

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.64 Vulnerable ·Artifex
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.70 Vulnerable ·Artifex

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 3 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-1628
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-67rg-j83g-ppg2

References

Exploit 4

Advisory 5

Other 1

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691295

TI-2018-11841 An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2018-12918 Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.6
TI-2010-01788 Stack-based buffer overflow in the parser function in GhostScript 8.70 and 8.64 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2009-04653 Buffer overflow in gs/psi/iscan.c in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier allows remote attackers… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2009-03564 Off-by-one error in the Ins_MINDEX function in the TrueType bytecode interpreter in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2012-04119 Heap-based buffer overflow in gdevwpr2.c in Ghostscript 9.04, when processing the… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3

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Sources

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