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CVE-2023-36664 (GCVE-0-2023-36664)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-25 00:00 – Updated: 2026-08-28 14:15

Summary

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-12-05 14:54 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-552 - Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

14 references

URL	Tags
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706761
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=com…
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=com…
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5446	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-03	vendor-advisory
https://artifex.com/blog/security-vulnerability-f…
https://www.kroll.com/en/publications/cyber/ghost…
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2…
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=c…	x_transferred
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=c…	x_transferred
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_transferred
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_transferred

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RHSA-2023:5459

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2023-10-05 14:48 - Updated: 2026-06-25 11:03

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: ghostscript security update

Severity

Important

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2023-36664.

CVE-2023-36664

A vulnerability was found in Ghostscript. This flaw occurs due to a mishandled permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).

8.4 (High)


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

Fixed: 85 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5459

Open the full advisory

SSA-806742

Vulnerability from csaf_siemens - Published: 2024-02-13 00:00 - Updated: 2024-02-13 00:00

Summary

SSA-806742: Multiple Vulnerabilities in SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-300 before V2.4

Scope

160 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-36664.

CVE-2023-36664

7.8 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Known affected: 11 products

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109826613/

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2023:2829-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2023-07-14 10:45 - Updated: 2023-07-14 10:45

Summary

Security update for ghostscript

Severity

Important

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2023-36664.

CVE-2023-36664

7.8 (High)


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

Recommended: 153 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2023:2844-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2023-07-17 05:01 - Updated: 2023-07-17 05:01

Summary

Security update for ghostscript

Severity

Important

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2023-36664.

CVE-2023-36664

7.8 (High)


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

Recommended: 61 products

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ubuntu-cve-2023-36664

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-06-25 22:15

Modified

2026-09-09 11:38

Summary

Details

Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-36664	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6213-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-36664	REPORT

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WID-SEC-W-2023-1580

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2023-06-27 22:00 - Updated: 2024-05-15 22:00

Summary

Ghostscript: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Codeausführung

Severity

Mittel

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2023-36664.

CVE-2023-36664

Es existiert eine Schwachstelle in Ghostscript. Dieser Fehler tritt aufgrund einer fehlerhaften Berechtigungsvalidierung für Pipe-Geräte (mit dem Präfix "%pipe%" oder dem Präfix "|", dem Pipe-Zeichen) auf. Ein Angreifer kann diese Schwachstelle ausnutzen, um Betriebssystem-Befehle auszuführen.

Known affected: 12 products

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WID-SEC-W-2023-2917

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2023-11-14 23:00 - Updated: 2025-09-03 22:00

Summary

Xerox FreeFlow Print Server: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Severity

Hoch

Scope

135 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-36664.

CVE-2023-36664

Known affected: 7 products

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.

Action not permitted

CVE-2023-36664 (GCVE-0-2023-36664)

RHSA-2023:5459

SSA-806742

SUSE-SU-2023:2829-1

SUSE-SU-2023:2844-1

ubuntu-cve-2023-36664

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

WID-SEC-W-2023-1580

WID-SEC-W-2023-2917

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