First published: Thu Aug 13 2020(Updated: )
A buffer overflow vulnerability in mj_raster_cmd() in contrib/japanese/gdevmjc.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 |
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=863ada11f9a942a622a581312e2be022d9e2a6f7
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The vulnerability ID is CVE-2020-16292.
The severity of CVE-2020-16292 is medium with a severity value of 5.5.
GhostScript versions up to and excluding 9.51 are affected by CVE-2020-16292.
A remote attacker can exploit CVE-2020-16292 by sending a crafted PDF file to the vulnerable system.
To fix CVE-2020-16292, update GhostScript to version 9.51 or later.