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CVE-2002-0363

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0363 describes a critical vulnerability in Ghostscript versions prior to 6.53, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This is achieved by manipulating the pagedevice using .locksafe or .setsafe functions. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0211 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-0363Important

security flaw

Jan 31, 2002

References

ftp.caldera.com / pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-026.0.txt
ghostscript.com / pipermail/gs-code-review/2002-February/001900.html
Vendor Advisory
ghostscript.com / pipermail/gs-code-review/2002-January/001801.html
Patch
iss.net / security_center/static/9254.php
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-083.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-123.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-209.html
securityfocus.com / bid/4937