CVE-2023-38559
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38559
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-38559.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-38559
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2023-08-01T17:15:09Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-19T14:27:47.884445Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devnpcxwrite_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.
- References
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00006.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GBV6BTUREXM6DB3OGHGLMWGAZ3I45TXE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QH7ERAYSSXEYDWWY7LOV7CA5MIDZN3Z6/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38559
Affected packages
Debian:11 / ghostscript
Package
- Name
- ghostscript
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
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Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u6
Debian:12 / ghostscript
Package
- Name
- ghostscript
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source
Debian:13 / ghostscript
Package
- Name
- ghostscript
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source
Debian:14 / ghostscript
Package
- Name
- ghostscript
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source