Information Exposure Affecting ghostscript package, versions [,9.24)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GHOSTSCRIPT-2370665
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Sept 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16539  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ghostscript to version 9.24 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose contents of files on the system otherwise not readable.

CVSS Scores

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