CVE-2020-16297

MEDIO 5.5CVE-2020-16297 · Published 13/08/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In breve

CVE-2020-16297 è una vulnerabilità MEDIO (CVSS 5.5) che riguarda ghostscript (artifex).
Probabilità di sfruttamento nei prossimi 30 giorni (EPSS): 2.3%, superiore al 83.1% delle vulnerabilità.
Correzione: aggiornare a 9.52 o successiva.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ghostscript artifex	`≥ 9.18, < 9.52`	`9.52`

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in FloydSteinbergDitheringC() in contrib/gdevbjca.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.18 to v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

References

bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit · Patch
cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/tree/contrib/gdevbjca.c · Product
git.ghostscript.com · Broken Link
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
git.ghostscript.com · Broken Link

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

ghostscript

artifex

≥ 9.18, < 9.52

9.52

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