CVE-2023-46751
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2023-46751 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2023-12-06 20:15:07 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-11-02 23:17:17 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.015300000 probability, percentile 0.747730000 (date 2026-11-03)
Problem Types: CWE-416 | n/a
CVSS v3.1 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
NoneScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Artifex | Ghostscript | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| git.ghostscript.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | git.ghostscript.com | Broken Link |
| ghostscript.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ghostscript.com | Product |
| www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5578 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.ghostscript.com | Permissions Required |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 200001 Ubuntu Security Notification for Ghostscript Vulnerability (USN-6551-1)
- 296108 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 66.164.1 Missing (CPUJAN2024)
- 357020 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ghostscript : ALAS2-2024-2422
- 6000386 Debian Security Update for ghostscript (DSA 5578-1)
- 755502 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2023:4920-1)
- 755505 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2023:4917-1)