CVE-2020-16299 — Divide By Zero in Ghostscript

CWE-369 — Divide By ZeroCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.49%
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 Division by Zero vulnerability in bj10v_print_page() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.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

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GHSA
GHSA-v5j3-mr3h-g2mq: A Division by Zero vulnerability in bj10v_print_page() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-16299: A Division by Zero vulnerability in bj10v_print_page() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v↗2020-08-13
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CVEList
CVE-2020-16299: A Division by Zero vulnerability in bj10v_print_page() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v↗2020-08-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2020-08-24
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Red Hat
ghostscript: division by zero in bj10v_print_page() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c could result in a DoS↗2020-08-13
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Debian
CVE-2020-16299: ghostscript - A Division by Zero vulnerability in bj10v_print_page() in contrib/japanese/gdev1...↗2020
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-16299 ghostscript: division by zero in bj10v_print_page() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c could result in a DoS↗2020-08-19
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-16299 ghostscript: division by zero vulnerability in bj10v_print_page() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c could result in a DoS via a crafted PDF file [fedora-all]↗2020-08-19
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