title: Ghostscript: out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle could result in dos
description: A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via outputting a crafted PDF file for a DEVN device with gs.
problem types: Out-of-bounds Read
affected:
{
product: ghostscript
vendor: n/a
defaultStatus: affected
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: ghostscript
defaultStatus: affected
versions:
version: 0:9.27-11.el8, lessThan: *, versionType: rpm, status: unaffected
cpe: [cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb, cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream]
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: ghostscript
defaultStatus: affected
versions:
version: 0:9.54.0-13.el9, lessThan: *, versionType: rpm, status: unaffected
cpe: [cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb, cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream]
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: ghostscript
defaultStatus: unknown
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: ghostscript
defaultStatus: unknown
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: gimp:flatpak/ghostscript
defaultStatus: affected
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
}
{
product: Fedora
vendor: Fedora
collectionURL: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/
packageName: ghostscript
defaultStatus: affected
}
metrics:
other: [
content: {'value': 'Moderate', 'namespace': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/'}
type: Red Hat severity rating
]