CVE-2020-16305
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.47%Published: 8/13/2020Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2020-16305DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16305
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in pcx_write_rle() 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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.51-r0
- Debian/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.51~dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |