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CVE-2021-45949: ghostscript from 9.50 (inclusive), through 9.54.0 (inclusive); +2 more affected products

CVE-2021-45949. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.5 (MEDIUM, NVD). EPSS 0.01401 (percentile 0.71627), scored 2026-10-06.

Affected technology

ghostscript · from 9.50 (inclusive), through 9.54.0 (inclusive)
artifex

debian linux · 9.0
debian

debian linux · 10.0
debian

debian linux · 11.0
debian

n/a · n/a
Vendor not specified by the source

Description’s affected range: through 9.54.0

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Local · No privileges required · User interaction required

Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · User interaction required

What an attacker can do

NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 5.5/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high. Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 3.9/10) rates confidentiality impact as none; integrity and availability impact as low. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.

Published 2026-10-08 01:25:02.332692+00:00

CWE: CWE-122, CWE-787
CCR priority: 22.4 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · NVD
EPSS: 0.01401 · percentile 0.71627 · 2026-10-06
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 01:24:59.416062+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2021-45949.html