Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 16, 2022· Updated Feb 13, 2025
CVE-2022-2085
CVE-2022-2085
Description
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in Ghostscript, which occurs when it tries to render a large number of bits in memory. When allocating a buffer device, it relies on an init_device_procs defined for the device that uses it as a prototype that depends upon the number of bits per pixel. For bpp > 64, mem_x_device is used and does not have an init_device_procs defined. This flaw allows an attacker to parse a large number of bits (more than 64 bits per pixel), which triggers a NULL pointer dereference flaw, causing an application to crash.
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References
5- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ERSZX5LKDWAHZWJYBMP2E2UHOPUCDEGV/mitrevendor-advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-11mitrevendor-advisory
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgimitre
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitre
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-03mitre
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