FKIE_CVE-2023-36664
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-06-25 22:15 - Updated: 2026-08-28 16:16
Severity
Summary
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | ghostscript | * | |
| debian | debian_linux | 11.0 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 12.0 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 37 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 38 |
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