Vulnerability · Published Dec 6, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-46751
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the ghostscript package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-doc | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-doc | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-tools-fonts | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-tools-fonts | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-tools-printing | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-tools-printing | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-x11 | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-x11 | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libgs | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libgs | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libgs-devel | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libgs-devel | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| Debian:12 | ghostscript | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3 | DSA-5578-1 |
| Debian:12 | ghostscript | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46751 |
| Debian:13 | ghostscript | 10.02.1~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46751 |
| Debian:14 | ghostscript | 10.02.1~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46751 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | ghostscript | 0:9.27-16.el8_10 | RLSA-2025:4362 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ghostscript | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.6 | USN-6551-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ghostscript | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.6 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46751 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ghostscript | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46751 |