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CVE-2020-27792

A heap-based buffer overwrite vulnerability was found in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() function in the gdevlp8k.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted PDF file, triggering the heap buffer overflow that could lead to memory corruption or a denial of service.

Published

2022-08-19T23:15:08.303

Last Modified

2025-04-30T10:15:15.363

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-119
Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	artifex	ghostscript	≤ 9.50	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4362 ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27792 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247179 ([email protected])
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7 ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27792 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701844 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247179 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00005.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)