Use After Free Affecting libgs-devel package, versions <0:9.27-16.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-LIBGSDEVEL-9919742
  • published2 May 2025
  • 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 Oracle:8 libgs-devel to version 0:9.27-16.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-4362.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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

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