What is CVE-2023-52722?

CVE-2023-52722 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2023-52722?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript

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.

Published 2024-04-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Artifex Ghostscript

References

cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/ (Patch)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/28/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-52722?: CVE-2023-52722 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2023-52722?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.