High severity · published Sep 18, 2023
CVE-2023-43115
In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2, gdevijs.c in GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via crafted PostScript documents because they can switch to the IJS device, or…
8.8
CVSS
6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2, gdevijs.c in GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via crafted PostScript documents because they can switch to the IJS device, or change the IjsServer parameter, after SAFER has been activated. NOTE: it is a documented risk that the IJS server can be specified on a gs command line (the IJS device inherently must execute a command to start the IJS server).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.0% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
38; 39 · source: NVD
GH
Ghostscript · Artifex
through 10.01.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43115
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43115
Permissions Required
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707051
Product
https://ghostscript.com/
Broken Link
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e59216049cac290fb437a04c4f41ea46826cfba5
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IK3UXJ5HKMPAL5EQELJAWSRPA2AUOJJO/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PG5AQV7JOL5TAU76FWPJCMSKO5DREKV5/
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