Use After Free Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.51-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE318-GHOSTSCRIPT-5512357
  • published2 Feb 2021
  • disclosed13 Aug 2020

Introduced: 13 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-16303  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.18 ghostscript to version 9.51-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.18 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free vulnerability in xps_finish_image_path() in devices/vector/gdevxps.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

CVSS Scores

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