Security Advisory

CVE-2008-6679

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2009-04-08 16:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 11:41:59
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

Description

Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.