Description
The gs_type2_interpret function in Ghostscript allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted font data in a compressed data stream, aka bug 691043.
Published: 2010-10-22
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-4030 The gs_type2_interpret function in Ghostscript allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted font data in a compressed data stream, aka bug 691043.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1317-1 Ghostscript vulnerabilities
History

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00408}

epss

{'score': 0.00866}


Subscriptions

Artifex Afpl Ghostscript Ghostscript Fonts Gpl Ghostscript
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:34:37.193Z

Reserved: 2010-10-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-4054

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-10-23T20:39:05.253

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-4054

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2010-01-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-4054 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses