CVE-2020-16299
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: August 31, 2023
Description
A Division by Zero vulnerability in bj10v_print_page() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.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.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | REQUIRED |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | ghostscript | Not affected (10.01.2-r0) |
| Stream | ghostscript | Not affected (10.01.2-r0) |
References
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701801
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=19cebe708b9ee3d9e0f8bcdd79dbc6ef9ddc70d2
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4fcbece46870
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=19cebe708b9ee3d9e0f8bcdd79dbc6ef9ddc70d2
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=4fcbece46870
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748