CVE-2018-11645 (GCVE-0-2018-11645)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-01 12:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:17
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Summary
psi/zfile.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.21rc1 permits the status command even if -dSAFER is used, which might allow remote attackers to determine the existence and size of arbitrary files, a similar issue to CVE-2016-7977.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-06-01 00:00
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