CVE-2013-5653

The getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript 9.10 ignore the "-dSAFER" argument, which allows remote attackers to read data via a crafted postscript file.

Published: 2017-03-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-5653 is rated Moderate Risk (51/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.97%). EPSS rose +1.75% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5653

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.22% 1.97% +1.75%
2 2026-06-04 0.25% 0.22% -0.03%
3 2025-12-01 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5653

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5653

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-5653

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2013-5653 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ghostscript), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5653
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5653
suse high CVE-2013-5653 severity important: SUSE including 62 source package names (ghostscript-10.05.0-160000.2.2, ghostscript-9.07-20.el7_3.1, …), 153 product×package rows across 47 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (47 product lines)): Fixed 153. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5653/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-5653 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ghostscript), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5653

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5653

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
artifex afpl_ghostscript 9.10 cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5653

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