CVE-2022-1350

HIGH 7.8CVE-2022-1350 · Published 14/04/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-1350 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting ghostpcl (artifex).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.84%, higher than 57.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ghostpcl artifex	`= 9.55.0`	No fix yet

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GhostPCL 9.55.0. This vulnerability affects the function chunk_free_object of the file gsmchunk.c. The manipulation with a malicious file leads to a memory corruption. The attack can be initiated remotely but requires user interaction. The exploit has been disclosed to the public as a POC and may be used. It is recommended to apply the patches to fix this issue.

References

bugs.ghostscript.com/attachment.cgi · Permissions Required
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi · Permissions Required
vuldb.com · Third Party Advisory

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