CVE-2023-46751

A flaw was found in Ghostscript. A remote attacker may use a specially crafted payload to trigger access to previously freed memory, which can potentially lead to remote code execution or an application crash.

The discovered vulnerability in the function gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() within Artifex Ghostscript, poses a moderate severity threat due to its potential to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Exploiting this flaw involves manipulating a dangling pointer, which can lead to crashing the application. While the impact is limited to crashing the application, the exploit requires remote access, which elevates the risk compared to local-only vulnerabilities.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.