CVE-2020-16302 (NVD)

2020-08-13

A buffer overflow vulnerability in jetp3852_print_page() in devices/gdev3852.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.

Products Ghostscript, Ubuntu_linux, Debian_linux
Type Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') (CWE-120)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links • https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html
• https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=366ad48d076c1aa4c8f83c65011258a04e348207
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701815