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CVE-2023-38559

UNKNOWN
Published 2023-08-01T16:49:47.537Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
5.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.013
Higher than 1.3% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Affected Versions:

0:9.27-11.el8
Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Affected Versions:

0:9.54.0-13.el9
Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-v34c-9rwg-qpf6

Advisory Details

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 Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38559
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
WEB https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559
WEB https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367
WEB https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00006.html
WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GBV6BTUREXM6DB3OGHGLMWGAZ3I45TXE
WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QH7ERAYSSXEYDWWY7LOV7CA5MIDZN3Z6

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: August 1, 2023, Modified: March 8, 2024

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
Published: 2023-08-01T16:49:47.537Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-23T00:08:15.789Z
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