CVE-2020-16294

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-16294
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-08-13 03:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:18:00 UTC
DescriptionA buffer overflow vulnerability in epsc_print_page() in devices/gdevepsc.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript 9.50 All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript 9.50 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2335-1] ghostscript security update MLIST lists.debian.org
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit MISC git.ghostscript.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202008-20) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
701794 – global-buffer-overflow at devices/gdevepsc.c:186 in epsc_print_page MISC bugs.ghostscript.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit git.ghostscript.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4748-1 ghostscript DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-4469-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159222 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for ghostscript (ELSA-2021-1852)
  • 239294 Red Hat Update for ghostscript (RHSA-2021:1852)
  • 356427 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ghostscript : ALAS2-2023-2308
  • 356457 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ghostscript : ALAS-2023-1867
  • 356982 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ghostscript : AL2012-2023-466
  • 501409 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 503958 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 940105 AlmaLinux Security Update for ghostscript (ALSA-2021:1852)
  • 960364 Rocky Linux Security Update for ghostscript (RLSA-2021:1852)
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