What is CVE-2020-21890?

CVE-2020-21890 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-21890?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Artifex Ghostscript

CVE-2020-21890

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in clj_media_size function in devices/gdevclj.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact(s) via opening of crafted PDF document.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (49.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Artifex Ghostscript — versions 9.50
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-21890?: CVE-2020-21890 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-21890?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.