CVE-2020-16299

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
A Division by Zero vulnerability in bj10v_print_page() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.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-2020-16299
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-08-13T03:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-08-24T19:10:18
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-369 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/369.html
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=701801 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=4fcbece46870 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=19cebe708b9ee3d9e0f8bcdd79dbc6ef9ddc70d2
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-2020-16299
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16299
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:27:30 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 20:55:20 2020-08-13T03:15Z 2020-08-13T03:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 20:55:20 2022-08-24T19:10:18 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 20:55:20 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated