Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Published
2024-03-06 11:03
Modified
2026-09-08 08:34
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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "moodle",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/moodle"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3.9.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.9.15"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.11.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.11.8"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.0.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-35649"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Critical"
  },
  "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.",
  "id": "BIT-moodle-2022-35649",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T08:34:36.952Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T11:03:56.407Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git\u0026a=search\u0026h=HEAD\u0026st=commit\u0026s=MDL-75044"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2106273"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6MOKYVRNFNAODP2XSMGJ5CRDUZCZKAR3/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTKUSFPSYFINSQFSOHDQIDVE6FWBEU6V/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=436456"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35649"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0"
}



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