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CVE-2021-45944

Published: 1 January 2022

Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.53.3 has a use-after-free in sampled_data_sample (called from sampled_data_continue and interp).

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ghostscript
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.15)
focal
Released (9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.5)
hirsute
Released (9.53.3~dfsg-7ubuntu0.2)
jammy Not vulnerable

impish Not vulnerable
(9.54.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu2)
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream
Released (9.54.0~dfsg-5)
xenial
Released (9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=7861fcad13c497728189feafb41cd57b5b50ea25

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