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CVE-2023-28879

ghostscript: buffer overflow in base/sbcp.c leading to data corruption

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential corruption of data internal to the PostScript interpreter, in base/sbcp.c. This affects BCPEncode, BCPDecode, TBCPEncode, and TBCPDecode. If the write buffer is filled to one byte less than full, and one then tries to write an escaped character, two bytes are written.

En Artifex Ghostscript hasta la versión 10.01.0, hay un desbordamiento de búfer que puede corromper los datos internos del intérprete PostScript, en base/sbcp.c. Esto afecta a BCPEncode, BCPDecode, TBCPEncode y TBCPDecode. Si el búfer de escritura se llena hasta un byte menos de su capacidad, y se intenta escribir un carácter escapado, se escriben dos bytes.

USN-6017-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.04. Hadrien Perrineau discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-03-27 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-03-31 CVE Published
  • 2025-02-14 CVE Updated
  • 2025-02-14 First Exploit
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Artifex
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 Ghostscript
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 < 10.01.0
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Affected
Debian
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 Debian Linux
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 10.0
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Affected
Debian
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 Debian Linux
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 11.0
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Affected