CVE-2020-16294 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Ghostscript

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer OverflowCWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-131 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 26.95%
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 epsc_print_page() in devices/gdevepsc.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 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

▶Debianartifex/ghostscript< 9.51~dfsg-1+3

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-83fh-hgc9-f5wp: A buffer overflow vulnerability in epsc_print_page() in devices/gdevepsc↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-16294: A buffer overflow vulnerability in epsc_print_page() in devices/gdevepsc↗2020-08-13
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OSV
CVE-2020-16294: A buffer overflow vulnerability in epsc_print_page() in devices/gdevepsc↗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 epsc_print_page() in devices/gdevepsc.c could result in a DoS↗2020-08-13
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Debian
CVE-2020-16294: ghostscript - A buffer overflow vulnerability in epsc_print_page() in devices/gdevepsc.c of Ar...↗2020
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-16294 ghostscript: buffer overflow in epsc_print_page() in devices/gdevepsc.c could result in a DoS via a crafted PDF file [fedora-all]↗2020-08-19
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-16294 ghostscript: buffer overflow in epsc_print_page() in devices/gdevepsc.c could result in a DoS↗2020-08-19
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