CVE-2020-16295
mediumpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.018 · 78 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A null pointer dereference vulnerability in clj_media_size() in devices/gdevclj.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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–5.5
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affected products (23)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-2405Ghostscript: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-08-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Ghostscript ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herzustellen.
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sources
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references (28)
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- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=2c2dc335c212750e0fb8ae157063bc06cafa8d3ecnnvd
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/49006cnnvd
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701796cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16295cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158954/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4469-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159006/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202008-20.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162661/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2021-1852-01.htmlcnnvd
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