CVE-2020-16303 (NVD)

2020-08-13

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.

Products Ghostscript, Ubuntu_linux, Debian_linux
Type Use After Free (CWE-416)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links • https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701818
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/