Vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript
CVE-2023-43115
In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2, gdevijs.c in GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via crafted PostScript documents because they can switch to the IJS device, or change the IjsServer parameter, after SAFER has been activated…
EPSS: 0.047 (90.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Artifex Ghostscript
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 38, 39
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Product)
- cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required)
- cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-43115?
- CVE-2023-43115 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-09-18.
- How severe is CVE-2023-43115?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-43115 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.