Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 6, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2012-4875

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

Affected products

Artifex/Gpl Ghostscript
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

secunia.com/advisories/47855nvdVendor Advisory
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/52864nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74554nvd

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