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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2007-6725 json

The CCITTFax decoding filter in Ghostscript 8.60, 8.61, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (…

published 2009-04-08 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-6688

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.8%
EPSS 4.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The CCITTFax decoding filter in Ghostscript 8.60, 8.61, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a buffer underflow in the cf_decode_2d function.

Patch / fix

  • ghostscript Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8.63.dfsg.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6725

  • ghostscript RHEL 5 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.7
  • ghostscript-gtk RHEL 5 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.7
  • ghostscript RHEL 3 7.05-32.1.20
  • ghostscript RHEL 4 7.07-33.2.el4_7.8
  • hpijs RHEL 3 1.3-32.1.20
  • ghostscript-gtk RHEL 4 7.07-33.2.el4_7.8

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0421RHSA-2009:0420

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-6725 updated

ghostscript: DoS (crash) in CCITTFax decoding filter

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.20, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.20
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0420
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) ghostscript 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.7, ghostscript-gtk 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0421
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.20, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.20 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.2.el4_7.8, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.2.el4_7.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0420
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) ghostscript 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.7, ghostscript-gtk 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0421
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.2.el4_7.8, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.2.el4_7.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0420
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) ghostscript 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.7, ghostscript-gtk 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0421
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.20, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.20 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.2.el4_7.8, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.2.el4_7.8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.20, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.20 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.2.el4_7.8, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.2.el4_7.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0420

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Exploit prediction

4.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229174 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493442 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.