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
Permissions Required
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GBV6BTUREXM6DB3OGHGLMWGAZ3I45TXE/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QH7ERAYSSXEYDWWY7LOV7CA5MIDZN3Z6/
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
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
2.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (6)
artifex/ghostscript
< 10.02.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
fedoraproject/fedora
37
fedoraproject/fedora
38
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
9.0
Published
Aug 01, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026