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argyll, ghostscript — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0584

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, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by using a device file for processing a crafted image file associated with large integer values for certain sizes, related to an ICC profile in a (1) PostScript or (2) PDF file with embedded images.

Products
argyll, ghostscript
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.0.3-2, 8.64~dfsg-1.1
CVEs
CVE-2009-0584
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 22:40 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0584

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Mar 2009, 20:00 UTC

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, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by using a device file for processing a crafted image file associated with large integer values for certain sizes, related to an ICC profile in a (1) PostScript or (2) PDF file with embedded images.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0584

argyll

Fixed versions: 1.0.3-2

argyll

Fixed versions: 1.0.3-2

argyll

Fixed versions: 1.0.3-2

ghostscript

Fixed versions: 8.64~dfsg-1.1

ghostscript

Fixed versions: 8.64~dfsg-1.1

ghostscript

Fixed versions: 8.64~dfsg-1.1

Complete source record
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