CVE-2010-1869

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parser function in GhostScript 8.70 and 8.64 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file.

Published: 2010-05-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-1869 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.19%, 95th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-1869

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
14406 exploit_db edb 2010-07-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1869

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 2026-06-15 21.94% 9.19% -12.75%
2 2026-05-07 21.20% 21.94% +0.74%
3 2025-08-05 — 21.20% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1869

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-1869

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-1869

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-1869 not yet assigned 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-2010-1869
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1869
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-1869 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, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1869

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1869

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1869

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