Denial of Service Vulnerability in Ghostscript by Artifex Software
CVE-2020-14373

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Artifex
Status
Ghostscript
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 September 2020

What is CVE-2020-14373?

A use after free vulnerability exists in the igc_reloc_struct_ptr() function within psi/igc.c of Ghostscript version 9.25. This flaw can be exploited by a local attacker through a specially crafted PDF file, which may lead to a denial of service condition. Security measures should be implemented to prevent the exploitation of this vulnerability, especially in environments where Ghostscript is employed for processing PDFs.

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Affected Version(s)

ghostscript 9.25

References

https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdif...
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https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702851
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1873239
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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