Is CVE-2023-46751 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-46751 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-46751?

CVE-2023-46751 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-46751?

CVE-2023-46751 has an EPSS score of 1.53% (72th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-46751?

Upgrade ghostscript on debian 12 to 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3 or later. Fixes are available for 28 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-46751

HIGHEPSS 72th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

ghostscriptDebian

Fixed in:10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3CVE-2023-46751

Fixed in:10.02.1~dfsg-1CVE-2023-46751

ghostscriptRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscriptRocky

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-docRocky

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-docRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-gtk-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-gtk-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-tools-dvipdfRocky

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-tools-dvipdfRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-tools-fontsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-tools-fontsRocky

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-tools-printingRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-tools-printingRocky

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-x11Rocky

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-x11Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-x11-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscript-x11-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

libgsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

libgsRocky

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

libgs-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

libgs-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

libgs-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

libgs-develRocky

Fixed in:0:9.27-16.el8_10RHSA-2025:4362

Fixed in:0:9.54.0-18.el9_6RHSA-2025:7422

ghostscriptUbuntu

Fixed in:9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.6USN-6551-1

Fixed in:10.0.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu1.5USN-6551-1

Fixed in:10.01.2~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2USN-6551-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days

72ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 72% of all known CVEs.

References

Product1

ghostscript.com

Other references3

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CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	Fix

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