CVE-2010-4054 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted font data in compressed streams, affecting systems using Ghostscript.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-4054?
CVE-2010-4054 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Oct 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4054?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Artifex Afpl Ghostscript, Artifex Ghostscript Fonts, Artifex Gpl Ghostscript.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4054?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-4054 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4054 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4054, GHSA-v2wp-vq4f-gx8c.