CVE-2021-45949

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write8 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Artifex GhostscriptDebian Debian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJan 1
Latest updateJan 13

Description

Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.54.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in sampled_data_finish (called from sampled_data_continue and interp).

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

▶Debianghostscript< 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u2+3
▶NVDartifex/ghostscript9.50 — 9.54.0

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-r647-qm87-j9pc: Ghostscript GhostPDL 9↗2022-01-02
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OSV
CVE-2021-45949: Ghostscript GhostPDL 9↗2022-01-01
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CVEList
CVE-2021-45949: Ghostscript GhostPDL 9↗2021-12-31
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2022-01-13
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Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2022-01-12
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Red Hat
ghostscript: heap-based buffer overflow in sampled_data_finish↗2022-01-01
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Debian
CVE-2021-45949: ghostscript - Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.54.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in sam...↗2021
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CVE-2021-45949 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9 | cvebase.io