Input validation error in Ghostscript - CVE-2012-4405
Published: September 18, 2012 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33316
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4405
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) PostScript or (2) PDF file with embedded images, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected software
Ghostscript
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux
ghostscript (Alpine package)
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux
ghostscript (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2012-4405
Update to version 9.07.
Ghostscript - update to 9.07
ghostscript (Alpine package) - update to 9.06-r0
ghostscript (Alpine package) - update to 9.06-r0
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00015.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1256.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50719
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:151
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:089
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:090
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/11/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55494
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027517
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1581-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78411
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0301