CVE-2020-16297

A buffer overflow vulnerability in FloydSteinbergDitheringC() in contrib/gdevbjca.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.18 to v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

History

14 Mar 2025, 18:27

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=bf72f1a3dd5392ee8291e3b1518a0c2c5dc6ba39 - () https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=bf72f1a3dd5392ee8291e3b1518a0c2c5dc6ba39 - Patch
References () https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/tree/contrib/gdevbjca.c?h=ghostpdl-9.18#n659 - () https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/tree/contrib/gdevbjca.c?h=ghostpdl-9.18#n659 - Product
References () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=bf72f1a3dd5392ee8291e3b1518a0c2c5dc6ba39 - () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=bf72f1a3dd5392ee8291e3b1518a0c2c5dc6ba39 - Broken Link
References () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bf72f1a3dd5392ee8291e3b1518a0c2c5dc6ba39 - () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bf72f1a3dd5392ee8291e3b1518a0c2c5dc6ba39 - Broken Link

04 Mar 2025, 19:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary (en) A buffer overflow vulnerability in FloydSteinbergDitheringC() in contrib/gdevbjca.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. (en) A buffer overflow vulnerability in FloydSteinbergDitheringC() in contrib/gdevbjca.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.18 to v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.
References
  • () https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=bf72f1a3dd5392ee8291e3b1518a0c2c5dc6ba39 -
  • () https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/tree/contrib/gdevbjca.c?h=ghostpdl-9.18#n659 -
  • () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=bf72f1a3dd5392ee8291e3b1518a0c2c5dc6ba39 -

21 Nov 2024, 05:07

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701800 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory () https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701800 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bf72f1a3dd5392ee8291e3b1518a0c2c5dc6ba39 - () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bf72f1a3dd5392ee8291e3b1518a0c2c5dc6ba39 -
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 - Third Party Advisory

24 Aug 2022, 19:10

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html - (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 - (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 - Third Party Advisory
References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 - Third Party Advisory
References (UBUNTU) https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ - (UBUNTU) https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ - Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-08-13 03:15

Updated : 2025-03-14 18:27


NVD link : CVE-2020-16297

Mitre link : CVE-2020-16297

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-16297


JSON object : View

Products Affected

artifex

  • ghostscript

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write