Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file containing unlimited recursive procedure invocations, which trigger memory corruption in the stack of the interpreter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-1628 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.12%). Core evidence: 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-08-12 | 6.79% | 5.12% | -1.67% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 8.39% | 6.79% | -1.60% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 8.39% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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medium | CVE-2010-1628 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ghostscript), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1628 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2010-1628: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-17), 1 atom(s) (app-text/ghostscript-gpl); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-1628 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1628 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2010-1628 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (ghostscript, gs-afpl, gs-esp, gs-gpl), 28 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): DNE 16, released 4, ignored 3, needs-triage 3, needed 1, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1628 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.64 | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.70 | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |