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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2009-0583 json

Multiple integer overflows in icc.c in the International Color Consortium (ICC) Format library (aka icclib), as used in Ghostscript 8.64 an…

published 2009-03-23 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0586

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.7%
EPSS 4.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • argyll Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.3-2
  • ghostscript Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8.64~dfsg-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0583

  • ghostscript RHEL 3 7.05-32.1.17
  • ghostscript RHEL 4 7.07-33.2.el4_7.5
  • ghostscript RHEL 5 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4
  • hpijs RHEL 3 1.3-32.1.17
  • ghostscript-gtk RHEL 4 7.07-33.2.el4_7.5
  • ghostscript-gtk RHEL 5 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0345

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-2009-0583 updated cvss 6.8

argyllcms: Multiple integer overflows in the International Color Consortium Format Library

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.17, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.17 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) ghostscript 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4, ghostscript-gtk 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.17, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.17 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.2.el4_7.5, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.2.el4_7.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) ghostscript 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4, ghostscript-gtk 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.2.el4_7.5, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.2.el4_7.5
    +5 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) ghostscript 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4, ghostscript-gtk 8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.17, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.17 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.2.el4_7.5, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.2.el4_7.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.17, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.17 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.2.el4_7.5, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.2.el4_7.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0345

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Exploit prediction

4.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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

References

Sources

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