Riskcovery

CVE-2023-38560

Ghostscript: integer overflow in pcl/pl/plfont.c:418 in pl_glyph_name

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Aug 1, 2023
Updated
Nov 20, 2025
Reserved
Jul 20, 2023

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
          Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat

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