CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-16295

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.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

5.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701796 Exploit Issue Tracking
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=2c2dc335c212750e0fb8ae157063bc06cafa8d3e Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-08-13 03:15

Updated : 2022-08-24 07:23

NVD link : CVE-2020-16295

Mitre link : CVE-2020-16295

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-476