Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2009-3743 is a memory corruption flaw in Ghostscript before 8.71. A malicious document containing a malformed TrueType font could make Ghostscript crash or potentially run attacker-controlled code when the document is processed. Exposure is most likely where Ghostscript before 8.71 processes documents from untrusted or semi-trusted sources. The bundle does not identify specific downstream products, packages, or deployment patterns beyond Ghostscript itself. Treat this as high priority for legacy document-processing environments. The business risk is code execution or service disruption from crafted documents, but urgency is lower where Ghostscript is absent, patched, or not exposed to untrusted inputs. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Ghostscript to 8.71 or a vendor-supported fixed package.; Apply applicable Red Hat or Gentoo advisories where those distributions are used.; Check current vendor guidance for supported backported fixes..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- RHSA-2012:0095CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
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