Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ghostscript  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GHOSTSCRIPT-601544
  • published19 Aug 2020
  • disclosed6 Sept 2012

Introduced: 6 Sep 2012

CVE-2012-4875  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Debian.

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