Divide By Zero Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-GHOSTSCRIPT-5855114
  • published24 Aug 2023
  • disclosed22 Aug 2023

Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2020-21710  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 ghostscript to version 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm2 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 divide by zero issue discovered in eps_print_page in gdevepsn.c in Artifex Software GhostScript 9.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via opening of crafted PDF file.

CVSS Scores

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