CVE-2023-28879
Detail
Modified This CVE record has been updated after NVD enrichment efforts were completed. Enrichment data supplied by the NVD may require amendment due to these changes.
Description
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.
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CVSS Version 4.0
CVSS Version 3.x
CVSS Version 2.0
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
NVD assessment
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
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not yet provided.
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URL
Source(s)
Tag(s)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/4
CVE, MITRE
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706494
CVE, MITRE
Exploit
Vendor Advisory
https://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/latest/News.html
CVE, MITRE
Release Notes
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=37ed5022cecd584de868933b5b60da2e995b3179
CVE, MITRE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00003.html
CVE, MITRE
Mailing List
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CI6UCKM3XMK7PYNIRGAVDJ5VKN6XYZOE/
CVE, MITRE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DHJX62KSRIOBZA6FKONMJP7MEFY7LTH2/
CVE, MITRE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MADLP3GWJFLLFVNZGEDNPMDQR6CCXAHN/
CVE, MITRE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-03
CVE, MITRE
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5383
CVE, MITRE
Third Party Advisory
Weakness Enumeration
CWE-ID
CWE Name
Source
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
NIST
CISA-ADP
Change History
11 change records found show changes
CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 2/14/2025 3:15:33 PM
Action
Type
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Added
CVSS V3.1
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added
CWE
CWE-787
CVE Modified by CVE 11/21/2024 2:56:13 AM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
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Reference
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/4
Added
Reference
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706494
Added
Reference
https://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/latest/News.html
Added
Reference
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=37ed5022cecd584de868933b5b60da2e995b3179
Added
Reference
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00003.html
Added
Reference
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CI6UCKM3XMK7PYNIRGAVDJ5VKN6XYZOE/
Added
Reference
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DHJX62KSRIOBZA6FKONMJP7MEFY7LTH2/
Added
Reference
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MADLP3GWJFLLFVNZGEDNPMDQR6CCXAHN/
Added
Reference
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-03
Added
Reference
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5383
CVE Modified by MITRE 5/14/2024 8:51:37 AM
Action
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CVE Modified by MITRE 11/06/2023 11:10:57 PM
Action
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Old Value
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Reference
MITRE https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=37ed5022cecd584de868933b5b60da2e995b3179 [No types assigned]
Added
Reference
MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CI6UCKM3XMK7PYNIRGAVDJ5VKN6XYZOE/ [No types assigned]
Added
Reference
MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DHJX62KSRIOBZA6FKONMJP7MEFY7LTH2/ [No types assigned]
Added
Reference
MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MADLP3GWJFLLFVNZGEDNPMDQR6CCXAHN/ [No types assigned]
Removed
Reference
MITRE https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=37ed5022cecd584de868933b5b60da2e995b3179
Removed
Reference
MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] /message/CI6UCKM3XMK7PYNIRGAVDJ5VKN6XYZOE/
Removed
Reference
MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] /message/DHJX62KSRIOBZA6FKONMJP7MEFY7LTH2/
Removed
Reference
MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] /message/MADLP3GWJFLLFVNZGEDNPMDQR6CCXAHN/
CVE Modified by MITRE 9/17/2023 3:15:09 AM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-03 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 4/15/2023 12:16:07 AM
Action
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Old Value
New Value
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Reference
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] /message/DHJX62KSRIOBZA6FKONMJP7MEFY7LTH2/ [No Types Assigned]
Added
Reference
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] /message/MADLP3GWJFLLFVNZGEDNPMDQR6CCXAHN/ [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 4/12/2023 5:15:29 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
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Reference
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/4 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 4/11/2023 11:15:07 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] /message/CI6UCKM3XMK7PYNIRGAVDJ5VKN6XYZOE/ [No Types Assigned]
Initial Analysis by NIST 4/07/2023 10:24:20 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added
CWE
NIST CWE-787
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.01.0
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed
Reference Type
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706494 No Types Assigned
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706494 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/latest/News.html No Types Assigned
https://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/latest/News.html Release Notes
Changed
Reference Type
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=37ed5022cecd584de868933b5b60da2e995b3179 No Types Assigned
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=37ed5022cecd584de868933b5b60da2e995b3179 Patch
Changed
Reference Type
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00003.html No Types Assigned
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5383 No Types Assigned
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5383 Third Party Advisory
CVE Modified by MITRE 4/06/2023 12:16:02 AM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5383 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 4/04/2023 5:15:07 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00003.html [No Types Assigned]
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2023-28879 NVD
Published Date: 03/31/2023 NVD
Last Modified: 02/14/2025
Source: MITRE
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