CVE-2023-38560

Publication date 1 August 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An 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.

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Why is this CVE negligible priority?

PCL is not built by default, some releases don't include pcl/ dir

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ghostscript	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was ignored [code not built]
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Ignored code not built
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

Notes

rodrigo-zaiden

by default, PCL is not built in Ubuntu, this happens with the usage of the build option --without-pcl. most releases don't package pcl/ dir. PCL is not built or packed due to a build issue with system-shared libjpeg. more in https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696654

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
ghostscript	Upstream: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=b7eb1d0174cb25a0cd44a1c0706c2ed73fc95bef

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