CVE-2023-38559

medium

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

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QH7ERAYSSXEYDWWY7LOV7CA5MIDZN3Z6/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GBV6BTUREXM6DB3OGHGLMWGAZ3I45TXE/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00006.html

https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-08-01

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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