VDB
CVE-2020-16296
CVE-2020-16296
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
A buffer overflow vulnerability in GetNumWrongData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c of Artifex Software GhostScript from v9.18 to v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.
EPSS 2.05% · 80.1th percentile
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
EPSS Score
2.05%
80.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | ghostscript | 0, 9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3, 9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | ghostscript | 0, 9.21~dfsg+1-0ubuntu3, 9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | ghostscript | *, *, 9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu3 |
Timeline
- Aug 12, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 10, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16296 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4469-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16296 third-party-advisory