CVE-2010-1628

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-05-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Artifex Gpl Ghostscript: 8.64, 8.70

References

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691295
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/May/134
http://secunia.com/advisories/39753
http://secunia.com/advisories/40580
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/12/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511243/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40107
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1

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