usn-6213-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-07-10 13:06
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
ghostscript vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled pipe devices. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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  ],
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  "details": "It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled pipe devices. If a\nuser or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PDF\nfile, a remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\n",
  "id": "USN-6213-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:05Z",
  "published": "2023-07-10T13:06:27Z",
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}



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