CVE-2023-38559
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 < * | unaffected |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 < * | unaffected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00006.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GBV6BTUREXM6DB3OGHGLMWGAZ3I45TXE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QH7ERAYSSXEYDWWY7LOV7CA5MIDZN3Z6/
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1
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