01 Record
CVE-2012-4875
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-09-06 21:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-09-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 27c0c3ccff2bd2984e5f6aa90b2d92f1298611a86e71523a8dfa2c08ee73f72e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com47855http://secunia.com/advisories/47855
- www.securityfocus.com52864http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52864
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comghostscript-outputfile-bo(74554)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74554
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692856