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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2023-46751 json

An issue was discovered in the function gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() in Artifex Ghostscript through 10.02.0 allows remote attackers to…

published 2023-12-06 2 y ago modified 2026-11-02 6 d ago also EUVD-2023-50918

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in the function gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() in Artifex Ghostscript through 10.02.0 allows remote attackers to crash the application via a dangling pointer.

Patch / fix

  • ghostscript Debian 12 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3
  • ghostscript Debian 14, Debian 13 10.02.1~dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46751

  • ghostscript Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.6
  • ghostscript Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46751

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  • ghostscript RHEL 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6
  • libgs RHEL 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6
  • ghostscript-x11 RHEL 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6
  • ghostscript-tools-fonts RHEL 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6
  • ghostscript-tools-dvipdf RHEL 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6
  • ghostscript-tools-printing RHEL 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6
  • ghostscript RHEL 8 9.27-16.el8_10
  • libgs RHEL 8 9.27-16.el8_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:7422RHSA-2025:4362

  • ghostscript SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1 +12 more 9.52-150000.177.1
  • ghostscript SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 9.52-23.63.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:4920-1SUSE-SU-2023:4917-1

  • ghostscript openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.56.1-8.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13548-1

  • ghostscript AlmaLinux 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6
  • libgs AlmaLinux 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6
  • ghostscript-x11 AlmaLinux 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6
  • ghostscript-tools-fonts AlmaLinux 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6
  • ghostscript-tools-dvipdf AlmaLinux 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6
  • ghostscript-tools-printing AlmaLinux 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6
  • ghostscript AlmaLinux 8 9.27-16.el8_10
  • libgs AlmaLinux 8 9.27-16.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2025:7422ALSA-2025:4362

  • ghostscript Rocky Linux 8 9.27-16.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2025:4362

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-46751 updated cvss 7.5

ghostscript: dangling pointer in gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libgs, ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk, ghostscript-cups
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libgs 9.27-16.el8_10, ghostscript 9.27-16.el8_10, ghostscript-x11 9.27-16.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:4362
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libgs 9.54.0-18.el9_6, ghostscript 9.54.0-18.el9_6, ghostscript-x11 9.54.0-18.el9_6, ghostscript-tools-fonts 9.54.0-18.el9_6, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf 9.54.0-18.el9_6, ghostscript-tools-printing 9.54.0-18.el9_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) ghostscript 9.54.0-18.el9_6, ghostscript-tools-fonts 9.54.0-18.el9_6, ghostscript-tools-printing 9.54.0-18.el9_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:7422
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) ghostscript-tools-fonts 9.27-16.el8_10, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf 9.27-16.el8_10, ghostscript-tools-printing 9.27-16.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:4362

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
6 d ago

Exploit prediction

1.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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