Information disclosure in Artifex Ghostscript
CVE-2017-15652
Artifex Ghostscript 9.22 is affected by: Obtain Information. The impact is: obtain sensitive information. The component is: affected source code file, affected function, affected executable, affected libga (imagemagick used that). The attack vector is: Someone must open a postscript file though ghostscript. Because of imagemagick also use libga, so it was affected as well.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (69.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Artifex Ghostscript — versions 9.22
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- git.ghostscript.com/
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/108463 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-15652?
- CVE-2017-15652 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-05-23.
- How severe is CVE-2017-15652?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.