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
EPSS: 0.013 (67.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Artifex Ghostscript — versions 9.22
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
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.