CVE-2009-5078

Publication date 30 June 2011

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
groff	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected

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What do statuses mean?

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-5078