First published: Thu Aug 13 2020(Updated: )
A buffer overflow vulnerability in pcx_write_rle() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.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 |
---|---|---|
redhat/ghostscript | <0:9.27-1.el8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 |
Artifex Ghostscript | =9.50 | |
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=commitdiff;h=2793769ff107d8d22dadd30c6e68cd781b569550
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CVE-2020-16305 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in pcx_write_rle() in Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50.
CVE-2020-16305 has a severity level of medium.
CVE-2020-16305 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file.
To fix CVE-2020-16305, update to Artifex Software GhostScript v9.51 or later.
More information about CVE-2020-16305 can be found at the following references: [Bugzilla](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1870260), [Ghostscript Bug](https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701819), [Git Commit](https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=2793769ff107d8d22dadd30c6e68cd781b569550).