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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2008-0411 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the zseticcspace function in zicc.c in Ghostscript 8.61 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbit…

published 2008-02-28 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0421

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.5%
EPSS 14.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the zseticcspace function in zicc.c in Ghostscript 8.61 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a postscript (.ps) file containing a long Range array in a .seticcspace operator.

Patch / fix

  • ghostscript Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8.61.dfsg.1-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0411

  • ghostscript RHEL 3 7.05-32.1.13
  • ghostscript RHEL 4 7.07-33.2.el4_6.1
  • ghostscript RHEL 5 8.15.2-9.1.el5_1.1
  • hpijs RHEL 3 1.3-32.1.13
  • ghostscript-gtk RHEL 4 7.07-33.2.el4_6.1
  • ghostscript-gtk RHEL 5 8.15.2-9.1.el5_1.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0155

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-2008-0411 updated

ghostscript: stack-based buffer overflow in .seticcspace operator

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.13, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.13 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) ghostscript 8.15.2-9.1.el5_1.1, ghostscript-gtk 8.15.2-9.1.el5_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.13, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.13 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.2.el4_6.1, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.2.el4_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) ghostscript 8.15.2-9.1.el5_1.1, ghostscript-gtk 8.15.2-9.1.el5_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.2.el4_6.1, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.2.el4_6.1
    +5 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) ghostscript 8.15.2-9.1.el5_1.1, ghostscript-gtk 8.15.2-9.1.el5_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.13, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.13 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.2.el4_6.1, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.2.el4_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.13, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.13 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.2.el4_6.1, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.2.el4_6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0155

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31309)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

14.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31309 Ghostscript 8.0.1/8.15 - 'zseticcspace()' Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2008-02-27
  • scary.beasts.org http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-001.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/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.