CVE-2012-4875 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in GPL Ghostscript

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer4 documents4 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
9.3%
top 7.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Artifex GPL Ghostscript
Timeline
PublishedSep 6
Latest updateMay 17

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

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q65g-wrcw-38g4: ** DISPUTED ** Heap-based buffer overflow in gdevwpr2↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2012-4875: Heap-based buffer overflow in gdevwpr2↗2012-09-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2012-4875: ghostscript - Heap-based buffer overflow in gdevwpr2.c in Ghostscript 9.04, when processing th...↗2012
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CVE-2012-4875 — Artifex GPL Ghostscript vulnerability | cvebase