THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-4405
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-4405

Cms vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
7.5%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Argyllcms
Affected product
Cms
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2012-09-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-4405

  • Confirm whether Argyllcms Cms is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-4405.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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