CVE-2020-16302

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2020-16302 · Published 13/08/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-16302 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting ghostscript (artifex).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.9%, higher than 79.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ghostscript artifex	`= 9.50`	No fix yet

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in jetp3852_print_page() in devices/gdev3852.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

References

bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
git.ghostscript.com
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html · Mailing List
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 · Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1 · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

ghostscript

artifex

= 9.50

No fix yet

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