Description
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.
Published: 2009-04-08
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 6.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2080-1 New ghostscript packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-6688 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-757-1 Ghostscript vulnerabilities
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Ghostscript Ghostscript
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:18:20.698Z

Reserved: 2009-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-6725

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-04-08T16:30:00.377

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-6725

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2007-02-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-6725 - Bugzilla

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