CVE-2023-38559 | BDVDB-2026-208455 Detail
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact none, availability impact high. Attack vector: local.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
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
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00006.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GBV6BTUREXM6DB3OGHGLMWGAZ3I45TXE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QH7ERAYSSXEYDWWY7LOV7CA5MIDZN3Z6/
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.