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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-4820 · published 27 October 2014

CVE-2010-4820: Ghostscript code injection vulnerability

Ghostscript · Ghostscript

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.

4.4 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 0.47% · top 61.7% CWE-94 · Code injection
4.4CVSS 2.0 base score
0.47%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0096.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/04/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51847
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771853
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0096.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/04/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51847
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771853

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-4820), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.