Use After Free Affecting libgs-devel package, versions <0:9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications

Snyk Learn

Learn about Use After Free vulnerabilities in an interactive lesson.

Start learning
  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-LIBGSDEVEL-6147139
  • published9 Jan 2024
  • disclosed6 Dec 2023

Introduced: 6 Dec 2023

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 libgs-devel to version 0:9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-470.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgs-devel package and not the libgs-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 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 Scores

version 3.1