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CVE-2010-4820 json

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Ghostscript 8.62 allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript code via a Trojan horse Postscri…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-4785

cvss
4.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • ghostscript Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8.71~dfsg2-6.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4820

  • ghostscript RHEL 4 7.07-33.13.el4
  • ghostscript-gtk RHEL 4 7.07-33.13.el4
  • ghostscript RHEL 5 8.70-6.el5_7.6
  • ghostscript RHEL 6 8.70-11.el6_2.6
  • ghostscript-gtk RHEL 5 8.70-6.el5_7.6
  • ghostscript-gtk RHEL 6 8.70-11.el6_2.6

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:0096RHSA-2012:0095

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-4820 updated cvss 4.4

ghostscript: CWD included in the default library search path

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) ghostscript 8.70-6.el5_7.6, ghostscript-gtk 8.70-6.el5_7.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0095
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.13.el4, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.13.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0096
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) ghostscript 8.70-6.el5_7.6, ghostscript-gtk 8.70-6.el5_7.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) ghostscript 8.70-11.el6_2.6, ghostscript-gtk 8.70-11.el6_2.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) ghostscript 8.70-11.el6_2.6, ghostscript-gtk 8.70-11.el6_2.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0095
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.13.el4, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.13.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.13.el4, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.13.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0096
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) ghostscript 8.70-11.el6_2.6, ghostscript-gtk 8.70-11.el6_2.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) ghostscript 8.70-11.el6_2.6, ghostscript-gtk 8.70-11.el6_2.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) ghostscript 8.70-11.el6_2.6, ghostscript-gtk 8.70-11.el6_2.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) ghostscript 8.70-11.el6_2.6, ghostscript-gtk 8.70-11.el6_2.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) ghostscript 8.70-11.el6_2.6, ghostscript-gtk 8.70-11.el6_2.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) ghostscript 8.70-11.el6_2.6, ghostscript-gtk 8.70-11.el6_2.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0095
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 ghostscript 7.07-33.13.el4, ghostscript-gtk 7.07-33.13.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0096
  • Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) ghostscript 8.70-6.el5_7.6, ghostscript-gtk 8.70-6.el5_7.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0095

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Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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