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 products
artifex: ghostscript
References8
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707264 Permissions Required
- ghostscript.com/ Product
- git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dcdbc595c13c… Broken Link
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5578
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707264 Permissions Required
- ghostscript.com/ Product
- git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dcdbc595c13c… Broken Link
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5578
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.5
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 2% percentile: 75 · as of 5 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-416
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