Out-of-Bounds Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GHOSTSCRIPT-2992299
  • published25 Aug 2022
  • disclosed19 Aug 2022

Introduced: 19 Aug 2022

CVE-2020-27792  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 ghostscript to version 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm4 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap-based buffer overwrite vulnerability was found in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() function in the gdevlp8k.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted PDF file, triggering the heap buffer overflow that could lead to memory corruption or a denial of service.

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