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CVE-2023-38560

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2023-08-01 Modified: 2026-11-07 First seen: 2026-11-07 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

An integer overflow flaw was found in pcl/pl/plfont.c:418 in pl_glyph_name in ghostscript. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via transforming a crafted PCL file to PDF format.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
artifex ghostscript -

References & Advisories (4)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224368
issue-tracking x_refsource_REDHAT

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.32%
Raw Score 0.003230
Percentile 25.7%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00323
2026-11-12
0.00323
2026-11-10
0.00323
2026-11-09
0.00323
2026-11-08
0.00323
2026-11-07
0.00323
2026-11-06
0.00323

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
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