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CVE-2010-4820 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339 CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0096.html CVEVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564 CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771853 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ghostscript ghostscript
8.62

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4820
NVD Published Date:
Oct 27, 2014
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2010-4820 Details - Not Deferred