Input validation error in Ghostscript - CVE-2023-52722

Vulnerability identifier: #VU89349

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52722

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Affected software:
Ghostscript
Oracle Solaris
Amazon Linux AMI
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
libgs-dev (Ubuntu package)
ghostscript-doc (Ubuntu package)
ghostscript-x (Ubuntu package)
libgs9-common (Ubuntu package)
ghostscript (Ubuntu package)
libgs9 (Ubuntu package)
ghostscript-debuginfo
ghostscript
ghostscript-devel
ghostscript-debugsource
ghostscript-x11
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo
ghostscript (Debian package)
ghostscript-help
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf
libgs10-common (Ubuntu package)
libgs10 (Ubuntu package)
libgs-common (Ubuntu package)
app-text/ghostscript-gpl

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in psi/zmisc1.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=afd7188f74918cb51b5fb89f52b54eb16e8acfd1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278775