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CVE-2020-16291

Published: 13 August 2020

A buffer overflow vulnerability in contrib/gdevdj9.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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ghostscript
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
focal
Released (9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2)
bionic
Released (9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (9.51~dfsg-1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=4f73e8b4d578e69a17f452fa60d2130c5faaefd6

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H