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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-4054 · published 23 October 2010

CVE-2010-4054: Artifex afpl ghostscript memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Artifex · Afpl Ghostscript

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.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.6% · top 15.2% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
2.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://ghostscript.com/pipermail/gs-cvs/2010-January/010333.html Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0096.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/538191 PatchUS Government Resource
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
http://ghostscript.com/pipermail/gs-cvs/2010-January/010333.html Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0096.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/538191 PatchUS Government Resource
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-4054), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-30). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.