# CVE-2023-46751: CVE-2023-46751

Status: published. Published: 2023-12-06. Updated: 2026-11-02.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- n/a / n/a: Version not specified (affected). Source: CNA: mitre

## NVD configuration conditions

Affected CPE matches depend on the following AND/OR and negation conditions:

```json
[
  {
    "negate": false,
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "versionEndIncluding": "10.02.0",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ],
    "operator": "OR"
  }
]
```

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.5 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H; source: NVD: nvd@nist.gov

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 1.53% as of 2026-11-02; percentile 74.74%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-416

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://ghostscript.com/ (CNA: mitre)

- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dcdbc595c13c9d11d235702dff46bb74c80f7698 (CNA: mitre)

- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707264 (CNA: mitre)

- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5578 (CNA: mitre; vendor-advisory)

- https://ghostscript.com/ (ADP: CVE; x_transferred)

- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dcdbc595c13c9d11d235702dff46bb74c80f7698 (ADP: CVE; x_transferred)

- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707264 (ADP: CVE; x_transferred)

- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5578 (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_transferred)

- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707264 (cve@mitre.org; Permissions Required)

- https://ghostscript.com/ (cve@mitre.org; Product)

- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dcdbc595c13c9d11d235702dff46bb74c80f7698 (cve@mitre.org; Broken Link)

- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5578 (cve@mitre.org)

- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707264 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108; Permissions Required)

- https://ghostscript.com/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108; Product)

- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dcdbc595c13c9d11d235702dff46bb74c80f7698 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108; Broken Link)

- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5578 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

## Provenance

- CNA: mitre: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46751; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46751; retrieved 2026-11-03; source updated 2026-11-02

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-46751; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated Not reported

Revision: b39d3e88869a60ff481d39209792506d5ac48bb09dc63a403df6cc799d68f448

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