CVE-2023-46751 (GCVE-0-2023-46751)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-06 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 20:53
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Summary
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
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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