PT-2023-26512 · Unknown+1 · Ghostscript+1

Michael Kaplan · Published 2023-08-01 · Updated 2025-08-12 · CVE-2023-38560

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ghostscript (affected versions not specified)

Description An integer overflow flaw was found in pl glyph name in pcl/pl/plfont.c:418 of ghostscript. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via transforming a crafted PCL file to PDF format.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-38560

MGASA-2023-0267

Affected Products

Debian

Ghostscript

References · 20

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2023-38560 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38560 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38560 · Security Note
• https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=b7eb1d0174c · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2023-0267 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0267.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38560 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38560 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-38560 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38560 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38560 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38560 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/55815 · Telegram Post
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32260 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224368 · Note