CVE-2023-38560

Public on 2023-08-01

Modified on 2023-08-02

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.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.5

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Status
Amazon Linux 1	ghostscript	Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	ghostscript	Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023	ghostscript	Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	ghostscript-chinese	Not Affected
Amazon Linux 1	ghostscript-fonts	Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	ghostscript-fonts	Not Affected

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	CVSSv3	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2023-38560 Mitre: CVE-2023-38560