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CVE-2020-36773
published 2024-02-04

CVE-2020-36773: Artifex Ghostscript before 9.53.0 has an out-of-bounds write and use-after-free in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c (for txtwrite) because a single character code in…

critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
Artifex Ghostscript before 9.53.0 has an out-of-bounds write and use-after-free in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c (for txtwrite) because a single character code in a PDF document can map to more than one Unicode code point (e.g., for a ligature).

Affected

9 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
artifexghostscript
artifexghostscript
artifexghostscript
artifexghostscript
artifexghostscript>= 0 < 9.53.0~dfsg-19.53.0~dfsg-1
artifexghostscript>= 0 < 9.53.0~dfsg-19.53.0~dfsg-1
artifexghostscript>= 0 < 9.53.0~dfsg-19.53.0~dfsg-1
artifexghostscript>= 0 < 9.53.0~dfsg-19.53.0~dfsg-1
debianghostscript< ghostscript 9.53.0~dfsg-1 (bookworm)ghostscript 9.53.0~dfsg-1 (bookworm)

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv9.8CRITICAL