What is CVE-2012-4405?

CVE-2012-4405 is a vulnerability in Argyllcms Cms, classified under CWE-189. Published 2012-09-18.

Is CVE-2012-4405 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Argyllcms Cms

CVE-2012-4405

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.

Published 2012-09-18 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.075 (94.5th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.075 · newest: 0.075 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-189

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1256.html (vendor-advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml (vendor-advisory)
wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0301
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/11/2 (mailing-list)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00015.html (vendor-advisory)
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/55494 (vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/50719 (third-party-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00031.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-4405?: CVE-2012-4405 is a vulnerability in Argyllcms Cms, classified under CWE-189. Published 2012-09-18.
Is CVE-2012-4405 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.