Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-0583 · published 23 March 2009

CVE-2009-0583: Ghostscript memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Ghostscript · Ghostscript

Multiple integer overflows in icc.c in the International Color Consortium (ICC) Format library (aka icclib), as used in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier and Argyll Color Management System (CMS) 1.0.3 and earlier, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by using a device file for a translation request that operates on a crafted image file and targets a certain "native color space," related to an ICC profile in a (1) PostScript or (2) PDF file with embedded images.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 4.7% · top 8.4% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow

9.3CVSS 2.0 base score

4.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

2Affected product versions listed by NVD

80References

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

AArgyllcms Argyllcms

Ghostscript Ghostscript

References

Link	Tags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261087
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34266	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34373	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34381	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34393	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34398	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34418	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34437	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34443	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34469	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34729
http://secunia.com/advisories/35559
http://secunia.com/advisories/35569
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021868
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-098.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0050	Vendor Advisory
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=10666	US Government Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1746	Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-37.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:096
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0345.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501994/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34184
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-743-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0776	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0777	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0816	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487742	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49329
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2991
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10795
https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00770.html	Vendor Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00772.html	Vendor Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00887.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00916.html

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Related vulnerabilities

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-0583), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.