CVE-2010-1628

critical

Published 2010-05-19 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.3

Description

Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file containing unlimited recursive procedure invocations, which trigger memory corruption in the stack of the interpreter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`8.71~dfsg2-4`
sid	Fixed	`8.71~dfsg2-4`
forky	Fixed	`8.71~dfsg2-4`
bullseye	Fixed	`8.71~dfsg2-4`
bookworm	Fixed	`8.71~dfsg2-4`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
artifex	gpl_ghostscript	`8.64`
artifex	gpl_ghostscript	`8.70`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.