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    CVE-2023-38559

    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.

    Published:Jul 17, 2023
    Last Modified:Jun 23, 2026
    EPS:Aug 1, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00447
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Ghostscript
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2025-59800 (CVSS 4.3) — In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1, ocr_begin_page in devices/gdevpdfocr.c has an integer overflow that le…
    CVE-2025-59799 (CVSS 4.3) — Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in devices/vector…
    CVE-2025-59798 (CVSS 4.3) — Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in devices/vector/gdev…
    CVE-2025-48708 (CVSS 4) — gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitiz…
    CVE-2025-46646 (CVSS 4.5) — In Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0, decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c mishandles overlong UTF-8 encoding. NOTE:…
    CVE-2025-27832 (CVSS 9.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The NPDL device has a Compression buffer overfl…
    CVE-2025-27834 (CVSS 7.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs via an oversized Type …
    CVE-2025-27836 (CVSS 9.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The BJ10V device has a Print buffer overflow in…
    CVE-2025-27830 (CVSS 7.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs during serialization o…
    CVE-2025-27833 (CVSS 7.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs for a long TTF font na…

    References

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
    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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
    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/[email protected]/message/GBV6BTUREXM6DB3OGHGLMWGAZ3I45TXE/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QH7ERAYSSXEYDWWY7LOV7CA5MIDZN3Z6/

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