cve/2008/CVE-2008-6679.md

CVE-2008-6679

Description

Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.

POC

Reference

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493445

Github

No PoCs found on GitHub currently.