CVE-2020-21890: Buffer Overflow

Published Aug 22, 2023
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Updated

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in cljmediasize function in devices/gdevclj.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact(s) via opening of crafted PDF document.

Affected Software

6 affected componentsFixes available
ubuntu/ghostscript<9.51, <9.51~dfsg-1
9.519.51~dfsg-1
ubuntu/ghostscript<9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+
ubuntu/ghostscript<9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.10
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.10
ubuntu/ghostscript<9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+
debian/ghostscript<=9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u5
9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u99.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u69.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u510.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u310.02.1~dfsg-3
Artifex GhostScript=9.50

Event History

Aug 22, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Description
Jan 11, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·11:44 PM
Description

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

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