CVE-2023-38559
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Aug 1, 2023
Updated: Mar 8, 2024
CWE ID 125
CWE ID 120
Summary
CVE-2023-38559 is a newly identified buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the ghostscript software in its devn_pcx_write_rle() function, located at base/gdevdevn.c:1973. Local attackers can exploit this flaw by creating and using a specially crafted PDF file for a DEVN device to trigger the buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service. Ghostscript users are advised to apply the appropriate patch or update to mitigate this risk.
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Affected Products
- GhostScript
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Fedora Operating System
- Debian
Affected Vendors
- Artifex
- Red Hat
- Debian
- Fedora Project
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