CVE-2022-2085

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.014 · 72 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.41% (72nd) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

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

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-476USprimary

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Open Source Ghostscript 9.55.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ghostscript:ghostscript:9.55.0
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
n/a ghostscript≤ Affects in Ghostscript v9.55.0enisa_euvdEU
artifex ghostscript= 9.55.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 35nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 36nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-0383Ghostscript: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2022-06-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Ghostscript ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-06-16modified 2026-06-17

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references (24)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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