{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5078","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-22T17:01:03.610127848Z","published":"2011-06-30T15:55:01.583Z","upstream":["CVE-2009-5078"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5078"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"groff","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.20.1-5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5078.json"}},{"package":{"name":"groff","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.20.1-5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5078.json"}},{"package":{"name":"groff","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.20.1-5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5078.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L"}]}