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CVE-2023-38560

Published: Aug 1, 2023

Modified: Nov 20, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38560

vdb-entry

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706898

issue-tracking

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=b7eb1d0174c

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