CVE-2013-5653

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96497
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694724Issue Tracking, Patch
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169Issue Tracking, Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380327Issue Tracking, Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96497
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694724Issue Tracking, Patch
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169Issue Tracking, Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380327Issue Tracking, Patch

Timeline

Published: Mar 7, 2017
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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