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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2009-0792 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 2009-04-14 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0790

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
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. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-0583.

Patch / fix

  • argyll Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.3-3
  • ghostscript Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8.64~dfsg-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0792

  • 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-2009-0792 updated cvss 6.8

argyllcms: Incomplete fix for CVE-2009-0583

  • 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

3.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% 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

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Sources

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