An issue was discovered in the function gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() in Artifex Ghostscript through 10.02.0 allows remote attackers to crash the application via a dangling pointer.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:7422 advisory.

    The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript     translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.

    Security Fix(es):

    * ghostscript: dangling pointer in gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() (CVE-2023-46751)

    * ghostscript: Buffer Overflow in Ghostscript PDF XRef Stream Handling (CVE-2024-46952)

    * ghostscript: Arbitrary Code Execution in Artifex Ghostscript Pattern Color Space (CVE-2024-46951)

    * ghostscript: Directory Traversal in Ghostscript via Overlong UTF-8 Encoding (CVE-2024-46954)

    * ghostscript: Path Traversal and Code Execution via Integer Overflow in Ghostscript (CVE-2024-46953)

    * ghostscript: Out-of-Bounds Data Access in Ghostscript Leads to Arbitrary Code Execution (CVE-2024-46956)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2025:0077 advisory.

    Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2023-46751:
    An issue was discovered in the function gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() in Artifex Ghostscript through     10.02.0 allows remote attackers to crash the application via a dangling pointer.

    CVE-2024-46951:
    An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An unchecked Implementation     pointer in Pattern color space could lead to arbitrary code execution.

    CVE-2024-46952:
    An issue was discovered in pdf/pdf_xref.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. There is a buffer     overflow during handling of a PDF XRef stream (related to W array values).

    CVE-2024-46953:
    An issue was discovered in base/gsdevice.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An integer overflow when     parsing the filename format string (for the output filename) results in path truncation, and possible path     traversal and code execution.

    CVE-2024-46954:
    An issue was discovered in decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Overlong     UTF-8 encoding leads to possible ../ directory traversal.

    CVE-2024-46956:
    An issue was discovered in psi/zfile.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Out-of-bounds data access in     filenameforall can lead to arbitrary code execution.

    CVE-2025-27832:
    An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The NPDL device has a Compression buffer     overflow for contrib/japanese/gdevnpdl.c.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:7422 advisory.

    * ghostscript: dangling pointer in gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() (CVE-2023-46751)
      * ghostscript: Buffer Overflow in Ghostscript PDF XRef Stream Handling (CVE-2024-46952)
      * ghostscript: Arbitrary Code Execution in Artifex Ghostscript Pattern Color Space (CVE-2024-46951)
      * ghostscript: Directory Traversal in Ghostscript via Overlong UTF-8 Encoding (CVE-2024-46954)
      * ghostscript: Path Traversal and Code Execution via Integer Overflow in Ghostscript (CVE-2024-46953)
      * ghostscript: Out-of-Bounds Data Access in Ghostscript Leads to Arbitrary Code Execution     (CVE-2024-46956)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-7422 advisory.

    - RHEL-18397 CVE-2023-46751 ghostscript: dangling pointer in gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable()
    - RHEL-67048 CVE-2024-46951 ghostscript: Arbitrary Code Execution in Artifex Ghostscript Pattern Color     Space
    - RHEL-67053 CVE-2024-46954 ghostscript: Directory Traversal in Ghostscript via Overlong UTF-8 Encoding
    - RHEL-67053 CVE-2024-46953 ghostscript: Path Traversal and Code Execution via Integer Overflow in     Ghostscript

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:4362 advisory.

    * ghostscript: heap buffer over write vulnerability in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() in gdevlp8k.c     (CVE-2020-27792)
      * ghostscript: dangling pointer in gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() (CVE-2023-46751)
      * ghostscript: Buffer Overflow in Ghostscript PDF XRef Stream Handling (CVE-2024-46952)
      * ghostscript: Arbitrary Code Execution in Artifex Ghostscript Pattern Color Space (CVE-2024-46951)
      * ghostscript: Directory Traversal in Ghostscript via Overlong UTF-8 Encoding (CVE-2024-46954)
      * ghostscript: Path Traversal and Code Execution via Integer Overflow in Ghostscript (CVE-2024-46953)
      * ghostscript: Out-of-Bounds Data Access in Ghostscript Leads to Arbitrary Code Execution     (CVE-2024-46956)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-4362 advisory.

    - RHEL-18396 CVE-2023-46751 ghostscript: dangling pointer in gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable()
    - RHEL-67046 CVE-2024-46951 ghostscript: Arbitrary Code Execution in Artifex Ghostscript Pattern Color     Space
    - RHEL-15067 CVE-2020-27792 ghostscript: heap buffer over write vulnerability in GhostScript's     lp8000_print_page() in gdevlp8k.c
    - RHEL-67051 CVE-2024-46954 ghostscript: Directory Traversal in Ghostscript via Overlong UTF-8 Encoding
    - RHEL-67051 CVE-2024-46953 ghostscript: Path Traversal and Code Execution via Integer Overflow in     Ghostscript

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:4362 advisory.

    The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript     translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.

    Security Fix(es):

    * ghostscript: heap buffer over write vulnerability in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() in gdevlp8k.c     (CVE-2020-27792)

    * ghostscript: dangling pointer in gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() (CVE-2023-46751)

    * ghostscript: Buffer Overflow in Ghostscript PDF XRef Stream Handling (CVE-2024-46952)

    * ghostscript: Arbitrary Code Execution in Artifex Ghostscript Pattern Color Space (CVE-2024-46951)

    * ghostscript: Directory Traversal in Ghostscript via Overlong UTF-8 Encoding (CVE-2024-46954)

    * ghostscript: Path Traversal and Code Execution via Integer Overflow in Ghostscript (CVE-2024-46953)

    * ghostscript: Out-of-Bounds Data Access in Ghostscript Leads to Arbitrary Code Execution (CVE-2024-46956)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue was discovered in the function gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() in Artifex Ghostscript through     10.02.0 allows remote attackers to crash the application via a dangling pointer. (CVE-2023-46751)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 9.25-5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2422 advisory.

    An issue was discovered in the function gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() in Artifex Ghostscript through     10.02.0 allows remote attackers to crash the application via a dangling pointer. (CVE-2023-46751)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-470 advisory.

    An issue was discovered in the function gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() in Artifex Ghostscript through     10.02.0 allows remote attackers to crash the application via a dangling pointer. (CVE-2023-46751)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4917-1 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in the function gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() in Artifex Ghostscript through     10.02.0 allows remote attackers to crash the application via a dangling pointer. (CVE-2023-46751)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4920-1 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in the function gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() in Artifex Ghostscript through     10.02.0 allows remote attackers to crash the application via a dangling pointer. (CVE-2023-46751)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5578 advisory.

    It was discovered that Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, does not properly handle errors in     the gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() function, which could result in the execution of arbitrary commands     if malformed document files are processed. For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been     fixed in version 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3. We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages. For the     detailed security status of ghostscript please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-     tracker.debian.org/tracker/ghostscript

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An issue was discovered in the function gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() in Artifex Ghostscript through 10.02.0 that allows remote attackers to crash the application via a dangling pointer.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6551-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled writing TIFF files. A remote attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
237319	RHEL 9 : ghostscript (RHSA-2025:7422)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
237277	Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0077: ghostscript (ALINUX3-SA-2025:0077)	Nessus	Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks	high
237237	AlmaLinux 9 : ghostscript (ALSA-2025:7422)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
237147	Oracle Linux 9 : ghostscript (ELSA-2025-7422)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
235148	AlmaLinux 8 : ghostscript (ALSA-2025:4362)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
235035	Oracle Linux 8 : ghostscript (ELSA-2025-4362)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
235015	RHEL 8 : ghostscript (RHSA-2025:4362)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
225825	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-46751	Nessus	Misc.	high
189317	Amazon Linux 2 : ghostscript (ALAS-2024-2422)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
187690	Amazon Linux 2023 : ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf (ALAS2023-2024-470)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
187174	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2023:4917-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
187151	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2023:4920-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
187033	Debian DSA-5578-1 : ghostscript - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
186904	Artifex Ghostscript < 10.2.1 DoS	Nessus	Windows	high
186755	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 : Ghostscript vulnerability (USN-6551-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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