CVE-2012-4896 (GCVE-0-2012-4896)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-05 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in SumatraPDF before 2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4895.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50656 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://code.google.com/p/sumatrapdf/source/browse… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://technet.microsoft.com/security/msvr/msvr12-014 | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2012-05-03 00:00
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