CVE-2013-5653

MEDIUM

AFPL Ghostscript - Exposure of Sensitive Information via Crafted PostScript File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380327
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96497
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/5
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694724

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 48.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (2)
artifex/afpl_ghostscript 9.10
debian/debian_linux 8.0
Published Mar 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026