Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Artifex Software GhostScript
CVE-2020-16296

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Artifex
Status
Ghostscript
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 August 2020

What is CVE-2020-16296?

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GetNumWrongData() function within the contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c file of GhostScript version 9.50. This weakness allows a remote attacker to potentially trigger a denial of service condition by supplying a specially crafted PDF file. The issue has been addressed in version 9.51.

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References

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701792
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=9f...
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg0...
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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:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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