CVE-2023-52722 (GCVE-0-2023-52722)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-27 00:00 – Updated: 2024-12-04 21:03
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1. psi/zmisc1.c, when SAFER mode is used, allows eexec seeds other than the Type 1 standard.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-29 19:14 UTC
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