CRITICAL

CVE-2023-28879

CVSS v3

9.8

CRITICAL

EPSS Score

31.2%

exploit probability

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

SSVC status

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.

Technical details

Published
3/31/2023

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28879?

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.

Is CVE-2023-28879 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2023-28879 has not been confirmed. The EPSS score is 31.2%, indicating the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-28879?

CVE-2023-28879 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity).

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