CVE-2020-16293 (NVD)

2020-08-13

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in compose_group_nonknockout_nonblend_isolated_allmask_common() in base/gxblend.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.

Products Ghostscript, Ubuntu_linux, Debian_linux
Type NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links • https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701795
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/