CVE-2010-4820

Ghostscript 8.62 - Local Code Execution via Trojan PostScript Library in Encoding Directory

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Ghostscript 8.62 allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript code via a Trojan horse Postscript library file in Encoding/ under the current working directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2055.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771853
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/04/7
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0096.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51847

Scores

EPSS 0.0047
EPSS Percentile 37.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (1)
ghostscript/ghostscript 8.62
Published Oct 27, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026