{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38560","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-22T14:09:57.055550Z","published":"2023-08-01T17:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-38560"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38560"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=b7eb1d0174c"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38560"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38560"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"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-5ubuntu4.2","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","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"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"ghostscript","binary_version":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm2"},{"binary_name":"ghostscript-x","binary_version":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm2"},{"binary_name":"libgs9","binary_version":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm2"},{"binary_name":"libgs9-common","binary_version":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm2"}],"priority_reason":"PCL is not built by default, some releases don't include pcl/ dir"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38560.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"negligible"}]}