CVE-2012-4875

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Sep 6, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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