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CVE-2012-4875

N/A
Published: September 6, 2012 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGpl Ghostscript

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in gdevwpr2.c in Ghostscript 9.04, when processing the OutputFile device parameter, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long file name in a PostScript document. NOTE: as of 20120314, the developer was not able to reproduce the issue and disputed it

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692856
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/47855
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52864
VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74554

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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