CVE-2023-36664
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
4.3%
90.8th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-552
Published 2023-06-25 · modified 2026-08-28
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | R | Required |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2023-06-25 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-28 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).
Affected
References
- https://artifex.com/blog/security-vulnerability-fixed-in-ghostscript-10.01.2
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706761
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=0974e4f2ac0005d3731e0b5c13ebc7e965540f4d
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=505eab7782b429017eb434b2b95120855f2b0e3c
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2ICXN5VPF3WJCYKMPSYER5KHTPJXSTJZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EWMEK2UPCUU3ZLL7VASE5CEHDQY4VKV/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-36664
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5446
- https://www.kroll.com/en/publications/cyber/ghostscript-cve-2023-36664-remote-code-execution-vulnerability
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706761
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0974e4f2ac0005d3731e0b5c13ebc7e965540f4d
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=505eab7782b429017eb434b2b95120855f2b0e3c
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2ICXN5VPF3WJCYKMPSYER5KHTPJXSTJZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EWMEK2UPCUU3ZLL7VASE5CEHDQY4VKV/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5446