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CVE-2021-45944
Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.53.3 has a use-after-free in sampled_data_sample (called from sampled_data_continue and interp).
Medium5.5EPSS 1.5%
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- mitre
Description
Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.53.3 has a use-after-free in sampled_data_sample (called from sampled_data_continue and interp).
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 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)
- 1.5% · top 26% 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 (7)
- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/ghostscript/OSV-2021-237.yaml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=29903 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-5038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220114 [SECURITY] [DLA 2879-1] ghostscript security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/issues/16 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7861fcad13c497728189feafb41cd57b5b50ea25 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=30715 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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