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CVE-2023-36664

Artifex Ghostscript

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).

What the metrics mean

  • It is requires local access to the machine.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
  • To exploit it, no account is needed.
  • Beyond that, someone has to be persuaded to take an action first.

Scoring

CVSS
7.8 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-552
Assigned by
cve@mitre.org

Dates

Published
2023-06-25
Last modified
2026-08-28
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Artifex Ghostscript- 10.01.2
  • Debian Debian Linux11.0, 12.0
  • Fedoraproject Fedora37, 38

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References