CVE-2012-4875

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2012-4875 · Published 06/09/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-4875 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting gpl ghostscript (artifex).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.3%, higher than 91.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gpl ghostscript artifex	`= 9.04`	No fix yet

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

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

gpl ghostscript

artifex

= 9.04

No fix yet

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