CVE-2020-27792

highpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.005 · 40 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.47% (40th) EPSS

CVSS 7.1 · high

Is it mine?

17 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-29

A heap-based buffer overwrite vulnerability was found in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() function in the gdevlp8k.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted PDF file, triggering the heap buffer overflow that could lead to memory corruption or a denial of service.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.1

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2

v3.17.1highAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USprimaryCWE-119US

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Open Source Ghostscriptall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ghostscript:ghostscript:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Ubuntu Linux 16.04all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04
Ubuntu Linux 16.04 ESMall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04_esm
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8< 0:9.27-16.el8_10enisa_euvdEU
Artifex Software Inc. Ghostscript≤ 9.51fstec_bduRU
АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА» ROSA Virtualization 3.0≤ 3.0fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.7fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 12fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 11fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
artifex ghostscript≤ 9.50nvdUScpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1490Ghostscript: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2022-09-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Ghostscript ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-08-19modified 2026-06-17

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references (22)

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