CVE-2009-3743

N/A Unknown
Published: August 26, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Off-by-one error in the Ins_MINDEX function in the TrueType bytecode interpreter in Ghostscript before 8.71 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a malformed TrueType font in a document that trigger an integer overflow and a heap-based buffer overflow.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/644319
Source: cret@cert.org
US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JALR-87YGN8
Source: cret@cert.org
US Government Resource
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/644319
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JALR-87YGN8
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514892/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024785
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
6.8%
93th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

artifex