First published: Thu Aug 13 2020(Updated: )
A buffer overflow vulnerability in contrib/gdevdj9.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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Artifex Ghostscript | <9.52 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =10.0 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =20.04 | |
redhat/ghostscript | <9.51 | 9.51 |
debian/ghostscript | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u4 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5 10.04.0~dfsg-1 |
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The vulnerability ID for this buffer overflow vulnerability is CVE-2020-16291.
CVE-2020-16291 has a severity rating of 5.5 (medium).
CVE-2020-16291 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service in Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 via a crafted PDF file.
Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 is affected by CVE-2020-16291.
To fix CVE-2020-16291, update to Artifex Software GhostScript v9.51.