CVE-2009-0792
Multiple integer overflows in icc.c in the International Color Consortium (ICC) Format library (aka icclib), as used in Ghostscript 8.64…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 4.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple integer overflows in icc.c in the International Color Consortium (ICC) Format library (aka icclib), as used in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier and Argyll Color Management System (CMS) 1.0.3 and earlier, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by using a device file for a translation request that operates on a crafted image file and targets a certain "native color space," related to an ICC profile in a (1) PostScript or (2) PDF file with embedded images. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-0583.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 41 days later
· 41 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11207 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0421 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-3709 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-201412-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0420 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-3430 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491853 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 262288 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- ghostscript-icc-bo(50381) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20090417 rPSA-2009-0060-1 ghostscript (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 34729 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-3435 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-3710 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 34711 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34732 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35569 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1708 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 35559 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34373 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35416 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-757-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-155.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34726 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 34667 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0790 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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