Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2023-38559 First vendor Publication 2023-08-01
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-03-08

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 5.5
Base Score 5.5 Environmental Score 5.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector :
Cvss Base Score N/A Attack Range N/A
Cvss Impact Score N/A Attack Complexity N/A
Cvss Expoit Score N/A Authentication N/A
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38559

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 17
Os 1
Os 2
Os 2

Sources (Detail)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
Source Url
MISC https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00006.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedorapr...
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedorapr...

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