Use After Free Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.53% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-GHOSTSCRIPT-6105126
  • published12 Dec 2023
  • 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 Ubuntu:22.04 ghostscript to version 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.6 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 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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