Important: ghostscript security update

2023-11-0700:00:00

Google

osv.dev

ghostscript

security update

rendering

postscript

pdf

code execution

remote

cve-2023-43115

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.006

Percentile

78.8%

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The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.

Security Fix(es):

Ghostscript: GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via crafted PostScript documents (CVE-2023-43115)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.