CVE-2023-38560

Publication date 1 August 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Why is this CVE negligible priority?

PCL is not built by default, some releases don't include pcl/ dir

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ghostscript	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was ignored [code not built]
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [code not built]
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

Notes

rodrigo-zaiden

by default, PCL is not built in Ubuntu, this happens with the usage of the build option --without-pcl. most releases don't package pcl/ dir. PCL is not built or packed due to a build issue with system-shared libjpeg. more in https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696654

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
ghostscript	Upstream: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=b7eb1d0174cb25a0cd44a1c0706c2ed73fc95bef

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H