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FKIE_CVE-2012-4405

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-09-18 17:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:44
Severity
Summary
Multiple 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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00031.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00001.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00015.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1256.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50719
secalert@redhat.comhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:151
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:089
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:090
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/11/2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55494
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027517
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1581-1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78411
secalert@redhat.comhttps://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0301
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00031.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00001.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00015.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1256.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50719
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:151
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:089
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:090
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/11/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55494
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027517
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1581-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78411
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0301
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
argyllcms cms -
color icclib -
ghostscript ghostscript 9.06
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      "value": "Multiple 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."
    },
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      "value": "M\u00faltiples desbordamientos inferiores de enteros en la funci\u00f3n icmLut_allocate en la librer\u00eda del formato International Color Consortium (ICC),icclib, tal y como se utiliza en Ghostscript v9.06 y Argyll Color Management System, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (ca\u00edda de la aplicaci\u00f3n) y posiblemente ejecutar c\u00f3digo de su elecci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de un (1) PostScript o (2) Archivo PDF hecho a mano con im\u00e1genes incrustadas, lo que provoca un desbordamiento de b\u00fafer basado en memoria din\u00e1mica (heap). NOTA: este problema se describe tambi\u00e9n como un error de \u00edndice de matriz.\r\n"
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:44:57.320",
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      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1581-1"
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}



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