CVE-2013-5653
The getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript 9.10 ignore the "-dSAFER" argument, which allows remote attackers to read data via a crafted postscript file.
02 Description
The getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript 9.10 ignore the "-dSAFER" argument, which allows remote attackers to read data via a crafted postscript file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-03-07 15:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 17:15Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-08-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a4c22d248db1dc24793039ba058b36d13fcdb79a9240c874d6c94b6c36582a58
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-3691http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0013http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0014http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380327
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160929 Re: ImageMagick identify "d:" hangshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28
- www.securityfocus.com96497http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96497
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160929 Re: ImageMagick identify "d:" hangshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/5
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694724
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.19~dfsg-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.19~dfsg-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.19~dfsg-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.