5.5

CVE-2013-5653: artifex afpl_ghostscript

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2016:2817-1UBUNTU-CVE-2013-5653DEBIAN-CVE-2013-5653
Published 07-03-2017Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-5653 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in artifex afpl_ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 1.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.96%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 4
DLA-674-1DSA-3691-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10003-1RHSA-2017:0013RHSA-2017:0014SUSE-SU-2016:2492-1

Timeline

  1. 07-03-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript 9.10 ignore the "-dSAFER" argument, which allows remote attackers to read data via a crafted postscript file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.96%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.96% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse9 products
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1< 9.15-17.2
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2< 9.15-17.2
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1< 9.15-17.2
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2< 9.15-17.2
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2< 9.15-17.2
Debian2 products
Artifex1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • ghostscript< 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5 | < 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2

4 vendors · 13 products

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