Medium
ghostscript — security advisory
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.
- Products
- ghostscript
- Affected versions
- 9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu3, 9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu4, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu1, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu2, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu3, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.10, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.11, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.12, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.14, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm1, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm2, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm3, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.3, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.4, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.5, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.6, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.7, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.8, 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.9
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-38560
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 16:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38560
ghostscript
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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"https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=b7eb1d0174c",
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