Integer overflow in Ghostscript - CVE-2023-38560
Published: January 30, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU85892
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38560
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the pl_glyph_name() function in pcl/pl/plfont.c when converting PCL files to PDF format. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted PLC file to the application, trigger an integer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Ghostscript
Oracle Solaris
Oracle Solaris
How to mitigate CVE-2023-38560
Install updates from vendor's website.
Ghostscript - update to 10.02.0
Oracle Solaris - update to 11.4 SRU 65
Oracle Solaris - update to 11.4 SRU 65