QID 378699

Date Published: 2023-08-07

QID 378699: Ghostscript Code Execution Vulnerability

Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF files. It is available under either the GNU GPL Affero license or licensed for commercial use from Artifex Software, Inc. It has been under active development for over 30 years and has been ported to several different systems during this time. Ghostscript consists of a PostScript interpreter layer and a graphics library. Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix)

Affected Versions:
Ghostscript prior to version 10.01.2

Vulnerability disclosed in Ghostscript prior to version 10.01.2 leads to code execution.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.

Solution

Ghostscript has released an advisory to fix this issue. Refer to Ghostscript Advisory Ghostscript Security Updates for additional information on obtaining the fixes.

Vendor References

Ghostscript - ghostscript.com/index.html

CVEs related to QID 378699

CVE-2023-36664 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
Ghostscript			ghostscript.com/index.html

By selecting these links, you may be leaving CVEreport webspace. We have provided these links to other websites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other websites that are more appropriate for your purpose. CVEreport does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, CVEreport does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about any linked pages to [email protected].