CVE-2010-4820

MEDIUM 4.4CVE-2010-4820 · Published 27/10/2014 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ghostscript ghostscript	`= 8.62`	No fix yet

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Ghostscript 8.62 allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript code via a Trojan horse Postscript library file in Encoding/ under the current working directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2055.

References

bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html · Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0096.html · Vendor Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/04/7
securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433
securityfocus.com/bid/51847
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi

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