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CVE-2020-16306
A null pointer dereference vulnerability in devices/gdevtsep.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a…
Medium5.5EPSS 1.8%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
A null pointer dereference vulnerability in devices/gdevtsep.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted postscript file. This is fixed in v9.51.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 10 days later
· 10 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (7 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701821 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=aadb53eb834b3def3ef68d78865ff87a68901804 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [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
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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