Buffer overflow in Artifex Ghostscript
CVE-2020-16297
A buffer overflow vulnerability in FloydSteinbergDitheringC() in contrib/gdevbjca.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.18 to v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.023 (81.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Artifex Ghostscript
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (Product)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-16297?
- CVE-2020-16297 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-08-13.
- How severe is CVE-2020-16297?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-16297 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.