Buffer Overflow Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.51~dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-GHOSTSCRIPT-1547008
  • published13 Aug 2020
  • disclosed13 Aug 2020

Introduced: 13 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-16294  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 ghostscript to version 9.51~dfsg-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

A 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.

CVSS Scores

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