Artifex Ghostscript up to 10.01.0 Postscript Interpreter base/sbcp.c BCPEncode/BCPDecode/TBCPEncode/TBCPDecode buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Artifex Ghostscript up to 10.01.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function BCPEncode/BCPDecode/TBCPEncode/TBCPDecode of the file base/sbcp.c of the component Postscript Interpreter. Executing a manipulation can lead to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-28879. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Artifex Ghostscript up to 10.01.0 (Document Processing Software). This vulnerability affects the function BCPEncode/BCPDecode/TBCPEncode/TBCPDecode of the file base/sbcp.c of the component Postscript Interpreter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 03/31/2023. The advisory is available at bugs.ghostscript.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-28879 since 03/27/2023. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: 37ed5022cecd584de868933b5b60da2e995b3179

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03/27/2023 🔍
03/31/2023 +4 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: artifex.com

Advisory: DLA 3381-1
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-28879 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-28879
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-224686

Entryinfo

Created: 03/31/2023 19:33
Updated: 02/15/2025 02:09
Changes: 03/31/2023 19:33 (41), 04/21/2023 08:58 (3), 04/21/2023 09:01 (11), 02/15/2025 02:09 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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