Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting ghostscript package, versions <10.02.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-GHOSTSCRIPT-6457504
  • published19 Mar 2024
  • disclosed1 Aug 2023

Introduced: 1 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-38560  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard ghostscript to version 10.02.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An integer overflow flaw was found in pcl/pl/plfont.c:418 in pl_glyph_name in ghostscript. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via transforming a crafted PCL file to PDF format.

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