CVE-2020-16308

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-131CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Artifex GhostscriptCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Debian Linux
Timeline
PublishedAug 13
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in p_print_image() in devices/gdevcdj.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

▶NVDartifex/ghostscript< 9.52+1
▶Debianghostscript< 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-9f92-h589-mwgg: A buffer overflow vulnerability in p_print_image() in devices/gdevcdj↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-16308: A buffer overflow vulnerability in p_print_image() in devices/gdevcdj↗2020-08-13
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OSV
CVE-2020-16308: A buffer overflow vulnerability in p_print_image() in devices/gdevcdj↗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 p_print_image() in devices/gdevcdj.c could result in a DoS↗2020-08-13
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Debian
CVE-2020-16308: ghostscript - A buffer overflow vulnerability in p_print_image() in devices/gdevcdj.c of Artif...↗2020
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-16308 ghostscript: buffer overflow in p_print_image() in devices/gdevcdj.c could result in a DoS↗2020-08-19
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-16308 ghostscript: buffer overflow in p_print_image() in devices/gdevcdj.c could result in a DoS via a crafted PDF file [fedora-all]↗2020-08-19
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CVE-2020-16308 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | A buffer overflow vulnerability in | cvebase.io