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Vulnerability details: VCID-1w61-4pht-ayaq
Vulnerability ID VCID-1w61-4pht-ayaq
Aliases CVE-2009-4897
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GPL Ghostscript, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.4
Risk 4.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.08294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-4897
epss 0.08294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-4897
epss 0.08294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-4897
epss 0.08294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-4897
epss 0.08294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-4897
epss 0.08294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-4897
epss 0.08294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-4897
epss 0.08294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-4897
epss 0.08294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-4897
epss 0.08294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-4897
cvssv2 9.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4897
Reference id Reference type URL
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2009-4897.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-4897
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4897
http://secunia.com/advisories/40580
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60380
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135
http://www.osvdb.org/66277
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41593
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
613792 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792
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CVE-2009-4897 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4897
GLSA-201412-17 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-17
USN-961-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/961-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4897
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.92222
EPSS Score 0.08294
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:02:49.307426+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-17 38.0.0