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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-6725 Detail

Description

The CCITTFax decoding filter in Ghostscript 8.60, 8.61, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a buffer underflow in the cf_decode_2d function.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34726 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34729 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34732 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35559 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35569 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1 CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-155.htm CVE, MITRE
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-package-announce%40redhat.com/msg11830.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:096 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0420.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34337 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229174 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493442 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9507 CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/ CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-6725
NVD Published Date:
04/08/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE