CVE-2020-21890

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
1.2%
top 20.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Artifex Ghostscript
Timeline
PublishedAug 22
Latest updateSep 13

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in clj_media_size function in devices/gdevclj.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact(s) via opening of crafted PDF document.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianghostscript< 9.51~dfsg-1+3
▶Ubuntughostscript< 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.10+2

Patches

Patch: bugs.ghostscript.com ↗Patch: bugs.ghostscript.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2023-09-13
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GHSA
GHSA-44hq-r6f6-m9g4: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in clj_media_size function in devices/gdevclj↗2023-08-22
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OSV
CVE-2020-21890: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in clj_media_size function in devices/gdevclj↗2023-08-22
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CVEList
CVE-2020-21890: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in clj_media_size function in devices/gdevclj↗2023-08-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2023-09-13
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Red Hat
ghostscript: Heap buffer overflow in clj_media_size function in devices/gdevclj.c↗2023-08-22
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Debian
CVE-2020-21890: ghostscript - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in clj_media_size function in devices/gdevclj.c in...↗2020
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CVE-2020-21890 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | Buffer Overflow vulnerability in cl | cvebase.io