CVE-2009-4270: Ghostscript

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 6.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the errprintf function in base/gsmisc.c in ghostscript 8.64 through 8.70 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, as originally reported for debug logging code in gdevcups.c in the CUPS output driver.

Affected products

• Ghostscript Ghostscript: version 8.64 only; version 8.70 only

Published 2009-12-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.