High severity · published Jun 25, 2023
CVE-2023-36664
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix)
7.8
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38 · source: NVD
GH
Ghostscript · Artifex
before 10.01.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36664
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-36664
artifex.com
https://artifex.com/blog/security-vulnerability-fixed-in-ghostscript-10.01.2
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706761
git.ghostscript.com
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=0974e4f2ac0005d3731e0b5c13ebc7e965540f4d
git.ghostscript.com
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=505eab7782b429017eb434b2b95120855f2b0e3c
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2ICXN5VPF3WJCYKMPSYER5KHTPJXSTJZ/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EWMEK2UPCUU3ZLL7VASE5CEHDQY4VKV/
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