CVE-2023-38559

MEDIUM

Ghostscript < 10.02.0 - Denial of Service via Crafted PDF File for DEVN Device

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0045
EPSS Percentile 35.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-120 CWE-125
Status published
Products (11)
artifex/ghostscript < 10.02.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 37
fedoraproject/fedora 38
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0:9.27-11.el8
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:9.54.0-13.el9
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
... and 1 more
Published Aug 01, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026