CVE-2012-6535

DjVuLibre before 3.5.25.3, as used in Evince, Sumatra PDF Reader, VuDroid, and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted DjVu (aka .djv) file.

Published: 2013-12-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6535 is rated High Risk (68.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.64%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6535

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 5.36% 4.64% -0.71%
2 2025-03-30 13.32% 5.36% -7.97%
3 2025-03-29 — 13.32% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6535

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6535

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-6535

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-6535 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (djvulibre), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6535
gentoo normal CVE-2012-6535: 1 GLSA(s) (201402-13), 1 atom(s) (app-text/djvu); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-6535
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6535
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-6535 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (djvulibre), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): not-affected 3, released 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6535

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6535

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
djvulibre_project djvulibre <= 3.5.25 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.8 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.9 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.10 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.11 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.12 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.13 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.14 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.15 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.16 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.17 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.18 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.19 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.20 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.21 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.22 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.23 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djvulibre_project djvulibre 3.5.24 cpe:2.3:a:djvulibre_project:djvulibre:3.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6535

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