CVE-2012-4405

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4405
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-18 17:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:11:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer underflows in the icmLut_allocate function in International Color Consortium (ICC) Format library (icclib), as used in Ghostscript 9.06 and Argyll Color Management System, allow remote attackers to 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. NOTE: this issue is also described as an array index error.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Argyllcms Cms - All All All
Application Argyllcms Cms - All All All
Application Color Icclib - All All All
Application Color Icclib - All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 9.06 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 9.06 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1289-1: important: ghostscript SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-1581-1: Ghostscript vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2012-4405 MISC access.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2012:1290-1: ghostscript-library: security bugfix release SUSE lists.opensuse.org
854227 – (CVE-2012-4405) CVE-2012-4405 ghostscript, argyllcms: Array index error leading to heap-based bufer OOB write MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Ghostscript Integer Overflow in ICC Library Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
oss-security - CVE-2012-4405 ghostscript, argyllcms: Array index error leading to heap-based bufer OOB write MLIST www.openwall.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0301 - Mageia wiki CONFIRM wiki.mageia.org
mandriva.com MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Security Advisory SA50719 - Ubuntu update for ghostscript - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:090 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:089 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
ICCLIB CVE-2012-4405 Out-of-Bounds Memory Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1222-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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