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ghostscript — security advisory
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).
- Products
- ghostscript
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 10.02.0-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-43115
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 15:00 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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).
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2023-43115
ghostscript
Fixed versions: 10.02.0-r0
ghostscript
Fixed versions: 10.02.0-r0
ghostscript
Fixed versions: 10.02.0-r0
ghostscript
Fixed versions: 10.02.0-r0
ghostscript
Fixed versions: 10.02.0-r0
ghostscript
Fixed versions: 10.02.0-r0
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-26T17:17:58.641277807Z",
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