CVE-2010-1628 describes a critical vulnerability in Ghostscript versions 8.64, 8.70, and potentially others, allowing arbitrary code execution. This occurs when processing a malicious PostScript file containing unlimited recursive procedure invocations, leading to memory corruption in the interpreter's stack. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it does require user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, readily available exploit code in common frameworks like Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.64CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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