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ALPINE-CVE-2020-16298

ALPINE-CVE-2020-16298 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

A buffer overflow vulnerability in mj_color_correct() 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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.19ghostscript0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.14ghostscript9.25-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.18ghostscript0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.17ghostscript9.20-r0, 0, 8.64-r0
Alpine:v3.23ghostscript8.71-r0, 8.71-r1, 8.71-r2
Alpine:v3.15ghostscript9.20-r1, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.20ghostscript9.27-r2, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.13ghostscript9.09-r1, 8.64-r0, 8.70-r0
Alpine:v3.21ghostscript0, 8.70-r0, 8.71-r0
Alpine:v3.22ghostscript9.15-r1, 9.00-r0, 0
Alpine:v3.16ghostscript8.64-r0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 13, 2020 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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