CVE-2020-17538

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  3. CVE-2020-17538
A buffer overflow vulnerability in GetNumSameData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c of Artifex Software GhostScript from 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.

5.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References
Link Resource
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701792 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/tree/contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c?h=ghostscript-9.18#n148
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=9f39ed4a92578a020ae10459643e1fe72573d134
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701792 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9f39ed4a92578a020ae10459643e1fe72573d134 Broken Link
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 Third Party Advisory
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

24 Mar 2025, 21:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary (en) A buffer overflow vulnerability in GetNumSameData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.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 GetNumSameData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c of Artifex Software GhostScript from 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/tree/contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c?h=ghostscript-9.18#n148 -
  • () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=9f39ed4a92578a020ae10459643e1fe72573d134 -

18 Mar 2025, 20:26

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9f39ed4a92578a020ae10459643e1fe72573d134 - () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9f39ed4a92578a020ae10459643e1fe72573d134 - Broken Link
CPE cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

21 Nov 2024, 05:08

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701792 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory () https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701792 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9f39ed4a92578a020ae10459643e1fe72573d134 - () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9f39ed4a92578a020ae10459643e1fe72573d134 -
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

29 Jun 2022, 19:51

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 - Third Party Advisory
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 (UBUNTU) https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ - (UBUNTU) https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ - 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
Information

Published : 2020-08-13 03:15

Updated : 2025-03-24 21:15

NVD link : CVE-2020-17538

Mitre link : CVE-2020-17538

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-17538

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Products Affected

artifex

  • ghostscript

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write