CVE-2010-2055

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2055

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2010-2055.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2010-2055

Published

2010-07-22T05:43:14Z

Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21Z

Downstream

RHSA-2012:0095

Summary

[none]

Details

Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript commands via a Trojan horse file, related to improper support for the -P- option to the gs program, as demonstrated using gs_init.ps, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4820.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ghostscript

Package

Name: ghostscript
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

8.71~dfsg2-6.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / ghostscript

Package

Name: ghostscript
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

8.71~dfsg2-6.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / ghostscript

Package

Name: ghostscript
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

8.71~dfsg2-6.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}