CVE-2020-16308

MEDIUM

Ghostscript < 9.51 - Out-of-bounds Write in p_print_image()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in p_print_image() in devices/gdevcdj.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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701829
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0109
EPSS Percentile 78.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (7)
artifex/ghostscript 9.50
artifex/ghostscript < 9.52
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 20.04
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
Published Aug 13, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026