CVE-2020-16291
CVSS V2 Medium 4.3
CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in contrib/gdevdj9.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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2020-16291
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2020-08-13T03:15:12
- Last Modified Date
- 2022-08-24T19:24:23
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 9.52 | |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 4.3
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 5.5
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701787 | Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
| http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=4f73e8b4d578e69a17f452fa60d2130c5faaefd6 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16291 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16291 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 16:27:31 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-04 20:54:49 | 2020-08-13T03:15Z | 2020-08-13T03:15:12 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-04 20:54:49 | 2022-08-24T19:24:23 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-04 20:54:49 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |