Use After Free Affecting ghostscript-x11 package, versions <0:9.27-16.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-GHOSTSCRIPTX11-10043131
  • published6 May 2025
  • disclosed30 Apr 2025

Introduced: 30 Apr 2025

NewCVE-2023-46751  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 ghostscript-x11 to version 0:9.27-16.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2025:4362.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-x11 package and not the ghostscript-x11 package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1