Created attachment 329463 [details] Postscript file to demonstrate crash Description of problem: Converting some PS figures to PDF gives: $ ps2pdf Comparing_revmap_kband_figure.eps ** buffer overflow detected ***: gs terminated ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib64/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x37)[0x340c0ff4c7] /lib64/libc.so.6[0x340c0fd370] /lib64/libc.so.6[0x340c0fc6f9] /lib64/libc.so.6(_IO_default_xsputn+0x96)[0x340c076636] /lib64/libc.so.6(_IO_vfprintf+0x1c1c)[0x340c04747c] /lib64/libc.so.6(__vsprintf_chk+0x9d)[0x340c0fc79d] /lib64/libc.so.6(__sprintf_chk+0x80)[0x340c0fc6e0] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8(pdf_base_font_alloc+0x318)[0x363427f9b8] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8(pdf_font_descriptor_alloc+0x53)[0x3634281e73] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8[0x363428cec4] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8[0x363428db26] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8(pdf_obtain_font_resource+0xdc)[0x363428e38c] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8[0x363428454c] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8(process_composite_text+0x3ce)[0x3634281a4e] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8[0x363428f2b4] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8(op_show_continue_pop+0x24)[0x3634158fd4] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8[0x36341592a8] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8[0x3634138213] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8(gs_interpret+0x1ab)[0x36341398eb] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8(gs_main_run_string_end+0x4a)[0x363412e32a] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8[0x363412f470] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8[0x363412fc17] /usr/lib64/libgs.so.8(gs_main_init_with_args+0x403)[0x3634131613] gs(main+0x9d)[0x400a3d] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6)[0x340c01e576] gs[0x4008d9] Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ghostscript-8.63-4.fc10.x86_64 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run "ps2pdf Comparing_revmap_kband_figure.eps" Actual results: Crash Expected results: PDF file created Additional info:
Apologies, I've just found that ghostscript has this in their bug database and it appears as if it is patched: * http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690211 * http://svn.ghostscript.com/viewvc?view=rev&sortby=rev&revision=9304
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 495916 ***