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CVE-2020-16306

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in devices/gdevtsep.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted postscript file. This is fixed in v9.51.

Published

2020-08-13T03:15:14.163

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:07:09.080

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-476

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	artifex	ghostscript	9.50	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	20.04	Yes

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=aadb53eb834b3def3ef68d78865ff87a68901804 ([email protected])
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701821 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=aadb53eb834b3def3ef68d78865ff87a68901804 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701821 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)