{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43115","details":"In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2, gdevijs.c in GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via crafted PostScript documents because they can switch to the IJS device, or change the IjsServer parameter, after SAFER has been activated. NOTE: it is a documented risk that the IJS server can be specified on a gs command line (the IJS device inherently must execute a command to start the IJS server).","modified":"2026-04-22T14:12:33.369830Z","published":"2023-09-18T08:15:00Z","related":["USN-6433-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2023-43115"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-43115"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ghostscript.com/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6433-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43115"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm10?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3","9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.3","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.5","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.6","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.7","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.8","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.10","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.11","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.12","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.13","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm2","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm3","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm4","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm5","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm6","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm7","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm8","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm9","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm10"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"ghostscript","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm10"},{"binary_name":"ghostscript-x","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm10"},{"binary_name":"libgs9","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm10"},{"binary_name":"libgs9-common","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm10"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43115.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["9.21~dfsg+1-0ubuntu3","9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1","9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1","9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.3","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.4","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.5","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.6","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.7","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.10","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.14","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.15","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.16","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.17","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm1","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm2","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm3","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm4","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"ghostscript","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm5"},{"binary_name":"ghostscript-x","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm5"},{"binary_name":"libgs9","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm5"},{"binary_name":"libgs9-common","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43115.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.11?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.11"}]}],"versions":["9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu3","9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu4","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu1","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu2","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu3","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.3","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.4","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.5","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.6","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.7","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.8","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.9","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.10"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No 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