Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ghostscript package, versions <0:9.25-5.amzn2.0.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GHOSTSCRIPT-5912567
  • published21 Sept 2023
  • disclosed13 Aug 2020

Introduced: 13 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-16305  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ghostscript to version 0:9.25-5.amzn2.0.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2261.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A buffer overflow vulnerability in pcx_write_rle() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.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.

CVSS Scores

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