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CVE-2017-15652

5.5 · MEDIUM

Artifex Ghostscript 9.22 is affected by: Obtain Information.

Published May 23, 2019CWE-200EPSS 1.30%

Overview

CVE-2017-15652 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on May 23, 2019 and has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Artifex Ghostscript 9.22 is affected by: Obtain Information. The impact is: obtain sensitive information. The component is: affected source code file, affected function, affected executable, affected libga (imagemagick used that). The attack vector is: Someone must open a postscript file though ghostscript. Because of imagemagick also use libga, so it was affected as well.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refgit.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2fc463d0eRefwww.securityfocus.com/bid/108463Refbugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698676Refgit.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2fc463d0eRefwww.securityfocus.com/bid/108463Refbugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698676

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15652?

CVE-2017-15652 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on May 23, 2019 and has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2017-15652?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2017-15652?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2017-15652?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2017-15652 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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