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CVE-2002-0363
ghostscript before 6.53 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands by using .locksafe or .setsafe to reset the current pagedevice.
High7.5EPSS 2.1%
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- mitre
Description
ghostscript before 6.53 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands by using .locksafe or .setsafe to reset the current pagedevice.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- RHSA-2003:209 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 4937 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ghostscript-postscript-command-execution(9254) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.ghostscript.com/pipermail/gs-code-review/2002-February/001900.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:083 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.ghostscript.com/pipermail/gs-code-review/2002-January/001801.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:123 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .