CVE-2023-38559

Publication date 1 August 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ghostscript	23.10 mantic	Fixed 10.01.2~dfsg1-0ubuntu2
	23.04 lunar	Fixed 10.0.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu1.3
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.4
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.9
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm6
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
ghostscript	Upstream: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1fb9991bb95f1201abb5dea55f57f

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6297-1
Ghostscript vulnerability
17 August 2023