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CVE-2020-16296
A buffer overflow vulnerability in GetNumWrongData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c of Artifex Software GhostScript from v9.18 to v9.50…
Medium5.5EPSS 2.1%
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Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in GetNumWrongData() 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701792 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=9f39ed4a92578a020ae10459643e1fe72573d134 (opens in a new tab)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200820 [SECURITY] [DLA 2335-1] ghostscript security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4748 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-202008-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-4469-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/tree/contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c?h=ghostscript-9.18#n163 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9f39ed4a92578a020ae10459643e1fe72573d134 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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