Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ghostscript  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-GHOSTSCRIPT-611126
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed3 Sept 2020

Introduced: 3 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-14373  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Ubuntu.

A use after free was found in igc_reloc_struct_ptr() of psi/igc.c of ghostscript-9.25. A local attacker could supply a specially crafted PDF file to cause a denial of service.