Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 1, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-45944
CVE-2021-45944
Description
Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.53.3 has a use-after-free in sampled_data_sample (called from sampled_data_continue and interp).
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Affected products
18- Ghostscript/GhostPDLdescription
- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/htmldoc&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012%20SP1
< 9.52-161.1+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.52-161.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.54.0-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.52-161.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.52-161.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.52-161.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.52-161.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.52-161.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.52-161.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.52-23.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.52-161.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.52-161.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.52-23.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.52-161.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.52-161.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.52-23.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.28-9.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detailnvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detailnvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/ghostscript/OSV-2021-237.yamlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00006.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5038nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/issues/16nvdIssue Tracking
- git.ghostscript.comnvd
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