CVE-2023-38559 — Out-of-bounds Read in Ghostscript

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow7 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Artifex GhostscriptDebian LinuxFedoraproject Fedora+1 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 1
Latest updateAug 17

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:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDartifex/ghostscript< 10.02.0
▶Debianartifex/ghostscript< 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u6+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 37, 38, Enterprise Linux 8.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: git.ghostscript.com ↗Patch: git.ghostscript.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-v34c-9rwg-qpf6: A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn↗2023-08-01
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CVEList
Ghostscript: out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle could result in dos↗2023-08-01
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OSV
CVE-2023-38559: A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn↗2023-08-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerability↗2023-08-17
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Red Hat
ghostscript: Out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle could result in DoS↗2023-07-17
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Debian
CVE-2023-38559: ghostscript - A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle()...↗2023
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