CVE-2020-16292

Publication date 13 August 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in mj_raster_cmd() in contrib/japanese/gdevmjc.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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.13
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4469-1
    • Ghostscript vulnerabilities
    • 24 August 2020

Other references