Buffer Overflow Affecting ghostscript package, versions <10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-GHOSTSCRIPT-5814005
  • 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:12 ghostscript to version 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u2 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:12 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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