Is CVE-2013-5653 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2013-5653 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2013-5653?

CVE-2013-5653 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2013-5653?

CVE-2013-5653 has an EPSS score of 1.96% (78th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2013-5653?

Upgrade ghostscript on debian 11 to 9.19~dfsg-3.1 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2013-5653

MEDIUMEPSS 78th pctl

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-200Information Exposure

How to fix

Remediation Available

ghostscriptDebian

Fixed in:9.19~dfsg-3.1CVE-2013-5653

ghostscriptUbuntu

Fixed in:9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5USN-3148-1

Fixed in:9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2USN-3148-1

ghostscript-xUbuntu

Fixed in:9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5USN-3148-1

Fixed in:9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2USN-3148-1

libgs9Ubuntu

Fixed in:9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5USN-3148-1

Fixed in:9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2USN-3148-1

libgs9-commonUbuntu

Fixed in:9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5USN-3148-1

Fixed in:9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2USN-3148-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.96%probability of exploitation in 30 days

78thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 78% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch5

Third-Party Advisory1

debian.org

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-200 (Information Exposure) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-24919	High	8.6	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-14181	Medium	5.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-34429	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-11409	Medium	5.3	98%	-	-
CVE-2021-41277	Critical	10.0	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2016-2183	High	7.5	96%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.