CVE-2020-16291 — Out-of-bounds Write in Ghostscript

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Artifex GhostscriptCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedAug 13
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in contrib/gdevdj9.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.18 to v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDartifex/ghostscript9.18 — 9.52
▶Debianartifex/ghostscript< 9.51~dfsg-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 20.04

Patches

Patch: cgit.ghostscript.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rh9f-46xr-5c59: A buffer overflow vulnerability in contrib/gdevdj9↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-16291: A buffer overflow vulnerability in contrib/gdevdj9↗2020-08-13
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CVEList
CVE-2020-16291: A buffer overflow vulnerability in contrib/gdevdj9↗2020-08-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2020-08-24
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Red Hat
ghostscript: buffer overflow in contrib/gdevdj9.c could result in a DoS↗2020-08-13
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Debian
CVE-2020-16291: ghostscript - A buffer overflow vulnerability in contrib/gdevdj9.c of Artifex Software GhostSc...↗2020
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-16291 ghostscript: buffer overflow in contrib/gdevdj9.c could result in a DoS via a crafted PDF file [fedora-all]↗2020-08-19
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-16291 ghostscript: buffer overflow in contrib/gdevdj9.c could result in a DoS↗2020-08-19
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