Buffer Overflow Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-GHOSTSCRIPT-5814006
  • published2 Aug 2023
  • disclosed1 Aug 2023

Introduced: 1 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-38559  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 ghostscript to version 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u6 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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