CVE-2020-17538

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.42%
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 GetNumSameData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c of Artifex Software GhostScript from 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
▶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-jxfm-c4r3-w3f8: A buffer overflow vulnerability in GetNumSameData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-17538: A buffer overflow vulnerability in GetNumSameData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips↗2020-08-13
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CVEList
CVE-2020-17538: A buffer overflow vulnerability in GetNumSameData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips↗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 GetNumSameData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c could result in a DoS↗2020-08-13
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Debian
CVE-2020-17538: ghostscript - A buffer overflow vulnerability in GetNumSameData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c ...↗2020
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-17538 ghostscript: buffer overflow in GetNumSameData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c could result in a DoS↗2020-08-19
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-17538 ghostscript: buffer overflow in GetNumSameData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c could result in a DoS via a crafted PDF file [fedora-all]↗2020-08-19
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CVE-2020-17538 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | A buffer overflow vulnerability in | cvebase.io