Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-16300
CVE-2020-16300
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in tiff12_print_page() in devices/gdevtfnx.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.
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Affected products
10- Artifex Software/GhostScriptdescription
- Range: <9.51
- osv-coords8 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscriptpkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-docpkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-tools-dvipdfpkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-tools-fontspkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-tools-printingpkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-x11pkg:rpm/almalinux/libgspkg:rpm/almalinux/libgs-devel
< 9.27-1.el8+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-1.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-1.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-1.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-1.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-1.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-1.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-1.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-1.el8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.ghostscript.comnvd
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