CVE-2022-2085
MEDIUMGhostscript - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in Buffer Device Allocation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ERSZX5LKDWAHZWJYBMP2E2UHOPUCDEGV/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-11
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704945
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2095261
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-03
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