CVE-2023-38560

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 25.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-08-01 16:49Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-20 17:41Z11 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-07-20

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

2aba735af68378daf0364791979dcd8f7239d07cbbb3240560cc1952e276a0e3

• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38560vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706898
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2224368https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224368issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• git.ghostscript.comhttps://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=b7eb1d0174c