Medium severity · published Aug 1, 2023
CVE-2023-38559
A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38 · source: NVD
GH
Ghostscript · Artifex
before 10.02.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38559
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38559
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559
Permissions Required
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367
Mailing List
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1
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