CVE-2010-4820

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.

Published: 2014-10-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-4820 is rated Low Risk (31/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-4820

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.11% 0.47% +0.37%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.11% +0.07%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-4820

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-4820

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-4820

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-4820 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ghostscript), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4820
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4820
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-4820 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (ghostscript, gs-afpl, gs-esp, gs-gpl), 24 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): DNE 15, ignored 3, needs-triage 3, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4820

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-4820

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ghostscript ghostscript 8.62 cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:8.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-4820

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