NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-GHOSTSCRIPT-598512
  • published13 Aug 2020
  • disclosed13 Aug 2020

Introduced: 13 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-16293  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 ghostscript to version 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13 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 null pointer dereference vulnerability in compose_group_nonknockout_nonblend_isolated_allmask_common() in base/gxblend.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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