CVE-2023-28879
Ghostscript Buffer Overflow
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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Published Date :
March 31, 2023, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 4:10 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2023-28879 has a 13 public PoC/Exploit
available at Github.
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CVE-2023-28879
vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added 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 [email protected]
Sep. 17, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-03 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 15, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added 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 [email protected]
Apr. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/4 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CI6UCKM3XMK7PYNIRGAVDJ5VKN6XYZOE/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 08, 2023
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 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 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 06, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5383 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 04, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00003.html [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-28879
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.44 }} 0.06%
score
0.75301
percentile