CVE-2023-38560

Summary

CVECVE-2023-38560
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-08-01 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 04:17:00 UTC
DescriptionAn integer overflow flaw was found in pcl/pl/plfont.c:418 in pl_glyph_name in ghostscript. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via transforming a crafted PCL file to PDF format.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug Access Denied MISC bugs.ghostscript.com
Bug Access Denied MISC bugs.ghostscript.com
cve-details MISC access.redhat.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff MISC git.ghostscript.com
2224368 – (CVE-2023-38560) CVE-2023-38560 ghostscript: Integer overflow in pcl/pl/plfont.c:418 in pl_glyph_name MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296107 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 65.157.1 Missing (CPUJAN2024)
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