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Vulnerability details: VCID-dyk7-kdb2-e3ap
Vulnerability ID VCID-dyk7-kdb2-e3ap
Aliases CVE-2012-4875
Summary 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
Status Disputed
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.09321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4875
epss 0.09321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4875
epss 0.09321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4875
epss 0.09321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4875
epss 0.09321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4875
epss 0.09321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4875
epss 0.09321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4875
epss 0.09321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4875
epss 0.09321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4875
epss 0.09321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4875
epss 0.09321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4875
epss 0.09321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4875
cvssv2 9.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4875
Reference id Reference type URL
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692856
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4875
http://secunia.com/advisories/47855
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74554
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52864
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-4875 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4875
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4875
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.92727
EPSS Score 0.09321
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-03T01:45:19.195964+00:00 NVD CVE Status Improver Improve https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2012-4875 38.1.0
2026-04-01T17:40:49.355971+00:00 EPSS Importer Import https://epss.cyentia.com/epss_scores-current.csv.gz 38.0.0