CVE-2022-35649

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    CVE-2022-35649

    Published: 25 Jul 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to improper input validation when parsing PostScript code. An omitted execution parameter results in a remote code execution risk for sites running GhostScript versions older than 9.50. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

    References: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-75044, https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=436456, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/35xxx/CVE-2022-35649.json, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6MOKYVRNFNAODP2XSMGJ5CRDUZCZKAR3/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTKUSFPSYFINSQFSOHDQIDVE6FWBEU6V/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35649, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2106273

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 500c131eb49771e36f68d151dfa37fef5a9bc2df
    Fixed -84d3ae1b081ba764a54baf40ed063b96764c81c4

    Affected versions

    v3.9.14
    v3.9.13
    v3.9.12
    v3.9.11
    v3.9.10
    v3.9.9
    v3.9.8
    v3.9.7
    v3.9.6
    v3.9.5
    v3.9.4
    v3.9.3
    v3.9.2
    v3.9.1
    v3.9.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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