CVE-2012-4875 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Ghostscript 9.04, specifically within the gdevwpr2.c component when processing the OutputFile device parameter. This flaw could allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a long file name within a crafted PostScript document. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is considered critical, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, and the developer disputed the issue at the time.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.