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ALPINE-CVE-2020-16306

ALPINE-CVE-2020-16306 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in devices/gdevtsep.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted postscript 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:v3.17ghostscript0, 0, 8.71-r2
Alpine:v3.13ghostscript0, 8.64-r0, 8.70-r0
Alpine:v3.16ghostscript9.09-r1, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.23ghostscript9.20-r1, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.22ghostscript0, 8.70-r0, 8.71-r0
Alpine:v3.14ghostscript0, 0, 8.71-r0
Alpine:v3.15ghostscript8.70-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.21ghostscript9.22-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.19ghostscript9.07-r0, 0, 8.64-r0
Alpine:v3.20ghostscript8.71-r2, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.18ghostscript0, 0, 0

Timeline

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