CVE-2022-2085

MEDIUM

Ghostscript - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in Buffer Device Allocation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in Ghostscript, which occurs when it tries to render a large number of bits in memory. When allocating a buffer device, it relies on an init_device_procs defined for the device that uses it as a prototype that depends upon the number of bits per pixel. For bpp > 64, mem_x_device is used and does not have an init_device_procs defined. This flaw allows an attacker to parse a large number of bits (more than 64 bits per pixel), which triggers a NULL pointer dereference flaw, causing an application to crash.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 41.0%
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-476
Status published
Products (3)
artifex/ghostscript 9.55.0
fedoraproject/fedora 35
fedoraproject/fedora 36
Published Jun 16, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026