CVE-2023-46751
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.5
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2023-12-06 20:15:07.163000
Last modified
2026-11-02 23:17:17.910000
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2023-12-06T20:15:07.163",
"lastModified": "2026-11-02T23:17:17.910",
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"attackComplexity": "LOW",
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