CVE-2023-38559
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · Out-of-bounds read
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via outputting a crafted PDF file for a DEVN device with gs.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (3)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1Patch
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367Advisory