CVE-2012-4875

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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 products

Artifex Gpl Ghostscript: 9.04

References

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692856
http://secunia.com/advisories/47855
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52864
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74554
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692856
http://secunia.com/advisories/47855
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52864
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74554

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