Ghostscript vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.
Ghostscript is made by Artifex. We track 126 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 268 versions. 1 of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 24 May 2022. Artifex lists newer releases under their own names, such as Ghostscript Ghostxps, so check those pages too.
The most recent Ghostscript flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2017-8291, on 24 May 2022. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Is Ghostscript listed under other names? Yes.
Artifex also lists Ghostscript under more specific names, such as Ghostscript Ghostxps and Ghostscript Fonts. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.
Which versions of Ghostscript do the exploited flaws hit?
Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, usually as ranges. "before 9.21" means every version up to, but not including, 9.21. Find your version, then patch.
- CVE-2017-8291Exploited list, 24 May 2022
Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability
before 9.21
Which Ghostscript vulnerabilities are being exploited?
1 flaw is on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.
- 7.8Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability
Artifex Ghostscript allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile.
Which Ghostscript flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
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Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs...
- 92%CVE-2018-16509High
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24.
- 84%CVE-2021-3781Critical
A trivial sandbox (enabled with the `-dSAFER` option) escape flaw was found in the ghostscript interpreter by injecting a specially crafted pipe command.
- 42%CVE-2019-6116High
In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system operators, leading to remote code execution.
- 28%CVE-2024-29510Medium
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1 allows memory corruption, and SAFER sandbox bypass, via format string injection with a uniprint device.
- 23%CVE-2016-7976High
The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.
- 16%CVE-2018-18284High
Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving the 1Policy operator.
- 11%CVE-2019-14813Critical
A flaw was found in ghostscript, versions 9.x before 9.50, in the setsystemparams procedure where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions.
- 10.0%CVE-2018-17961High
Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup.
- 9.5%CVE-2018-19475High
psi/zdevice2.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions because available stack space is not checked when the device remains the same.
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Artifex Ghostscript allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile.
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We track 126 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Ghostscript, across 268 versions. The most recent Ghostscript flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2017-8291, on 24 May 2022.
1 is on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added is CVE-2017-8291.
Artifex also lists Ghostscript under more specific names, such as Ghostscript Ghostxps and Ghostscript Fonts. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.
Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2017-8291, affects before 9.21. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.
Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Ghostscript. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.