PT-2023-6796 · Unknown+9 · Ghostscript+9

Michael Kaplan · Published 2023-07-17 · Updated 2025-01-28 · CVE-2023-38559

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 The issue is related to a buffer overflow flaw in the devn pcx write rle() function of the Ghostscript software, specifically in the base/gdevdevn.c component. This flaw may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service by outputting a specially crafted PDF file for a DEVN device using Ghostscript.

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

Exploit

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2023:6544

ALSA-2023:7053

ALT-PU-2024-13477

ALT-PU-2024-14136

ALT-PU-2024-14302

BDU:2023-07662

CESA-2023_7053

CVE-2023-38559

DLA-3519-1

MGASA-2023-0260

OESA-2023-1604

OESA-2023-1605

OESA-2023-1606

OESA-2023-1607

OESA-2023-1608

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_3438-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13081-1

RHSA-2023:6544

RHSA-2023:7053

RHSA-2023_6544

RHSA-2023_7053

ROSA-SA-2025-2622

SUSE-SU-2023:3438-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3439-1

SUSE-SU-2023_3438-1

SUSE-SU-2023_3439-1

USN-6297-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Centos

Ghostscript

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 74

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/fileformat/ghostscript_format_string_cve_2024_29510.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/jakabakos/CVE-2023-36664-Ghostscript-command-injection · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/jostaub/ghostscript-CVE-2023-43115 · Exploit
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2024-0416SE47 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28879 · Security Note
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se16-bulletin-20220829SE16 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6297-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2023-0260 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6297-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38559 · Security Note
• https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6544.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1607 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13081-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1606 · Vendor Advisory