Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-16305
CVE-2020-16305
Description
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.
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Affected products
11- Artifex Software/GhostScriptdescription
- Range: <=9.50
- osv-coords9 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-develpkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 9.27-1.el8+ 8 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
- (no CPE)range: < 9.56.1-5.1
Patches
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References
6- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
- git.ghostscript.commitrex_refsource_MISC
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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