# CVE-2023-38560: Ghostscript: integer overflow in pcl/pl/plfont.c:418 in pl\_glyph\_name

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-08-01 · Updated: 2025-11-20

## Affected

- ghostscript: version range not reported
- ghostscript: version range not reported
- ghostscript: version range not reported
- gimp:flatpak/ghostscript: version range not reported
- ghostscript: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38560
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706898
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224368
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=b7eb1d0174c

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