NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ghostscript-debugsource package, versions <0:9.27-11.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-GHOSTSCRIPTDEBUGSOURCE-3213092
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed13 Aug 2020

Introduced: 13 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-16307  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 ghostscript-debugsource to version 0:9.27-11.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:1852.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-debugsource package and not the ghostscript-debugsource package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c and psi/zbfont.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted postscript file. This is fixed in v9.51.

CVSS Scores

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