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CVE-2012-4896

Heap-based buffer overflow in SumatraPDF before 2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary...

9.3 High

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.

Exploit likelihood

5.19%Down 1.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

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.

Record
CVE-2012-4896
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2012-4896
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-4821 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2012-4821
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q9xm-6wgc-cfhr No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in SumatraPDF before 2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary...

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.

Record
GHSA-q9xm-6wgc-cfhr
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2012-4896 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Sumatrapdfreader Sumatrapdf, published October 5, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.19%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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