CVE-2023-52722
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1. psi/zmisc1.c, when SAFER mode is used, allows eexec seeds other than the Type 1 standard.
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1. psi/zmisc1.c, when SAFER mode is used, allows eexec seeds other than the Type 1 standard.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.9% 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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2024-04-27 00:00Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-12-04 21:03Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-04-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-754Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional ConditionsClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 22fbc627f143d0bb46d91809850829f57e51fdd0a0496ce589076b630a92a8be
05 Affected products
06 References
- cgit.ghostscript.comhttps://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=afd7188f74918cb51b5fb89f52b54eb16e8acfd1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240628 Ghostscript 10.03.1 (2024-05-02) fixed 5 CVEs including CVE-2024-33871 arbitrary code executionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/28/2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 10.02.0~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 10.02.0~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.12
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.7
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.