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CVE-2013-5653

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-5653 describes a vulnerability in Ghostscript versions 9.10, specifically affecting the getenv and filenameforall functions, which bypass the "-dSAFER" security argument. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary data through a specially crafted PostScript file, impacting products like Artifex AFPL Ghostscript and Debian Linux. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0196 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (5)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ghostscript-0:8.70-21.el6_8.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ghostscript-0:9.07-20.el7_3.1
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ghostscript
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ghostscript

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-5653Moderate

ghostscript: getenv and filenameforall ignore -dSAFER

Oct 21, 2013

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
bugs.ghostscript.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
bugs.ghostscript.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3691
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/5
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96497