CVE-2012-4405

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Multiple integer underflows in the icmLut_allocate function in International Color Consortium (ICC) Format library (icclib), as used in Ghostscript 9.06 and Argyll Color Management System, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) PostScript or (2) PDF file with embedded images, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue is also described as an array index error.

Affected products

Argyllcms Cms: all versions
Color Icclib: all versions
ghostscript: 9.06

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00015.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1256.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50719
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:151
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:089
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:090
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/11/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55494
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027517

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