Improper Input Validation Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.14


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.61% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-GHOSTSCRIPT-1056276
  • published6 Jan 2021
  • disclosed13 May 2021

Introduced: 6 Jan 2021

CVE-2020-27824  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 ghostscript to version 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.14 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:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in OpenJPEG’s encoder in the opj_dwt_calc_explicit_stepsizes() function. This flaw allows an attacker who can supply crafted input to decomposition levels to cause a buffer overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS Base Scores

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