GHSA-3jwg-r279-2xj2

GHSA-3jwg-r279-2xj2 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022

A use-after-free vulnerability in xps_finish_image_path() in devices/vector/gdevxps.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

7.800000190734863

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

Timeline

May 24, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-3jwg-r279-2xj2
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-3jwg-r279-2xj2

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-3jwg-r279-2xj2/fixes/registry"

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References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 url
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1 url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16303 advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701818 url
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=94d8955cb77 url
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html url
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 url

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