VDB
GHSA-rjwj-p23j-79pm
GHSA-rjwj-p23j-79pm
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022
A buffer overflow vulnerability in lprn_is_black() in contrib/lips4/gdevlprn.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
Timeline
- May 24, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (3 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701785 url
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=450da26a76286a8342ec0864b3d113856709f8f6 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16287 advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1 advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 advisory