CVE-2012-5340

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

5.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 92.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Published

2020-01-23 21:33Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-13 16:02Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-10-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1f6caf614302029a6c26a89cb105fd3c1477aad2f390d0fb9aaa58108e734126

• www.exploit-db.com23246http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23246exploit
• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693371
• cgit.ghostscript.comhttps://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=f919270b6a732ff45c3ba2d0c105e2b39e9c9bc9