CVE-2020-17538

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17538
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-17538.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-17538
Related
Published
2020-08-13T03:15:14Z
Modified
2025-03-24T22:51:34.995043Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A buffer overflow vulnerability in GetNumSameData() 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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.13 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.51-r0

Affected versions

8.*

8.64-r0
8.70-r0
8.71-r0
8.71-r1
8.71-r2
8.71-r3
8.71-r4

9.*

9.00-r0
9.00-r1
9.00-r2
9.04-r0
9.05-r0
9.05-r1
9.06-r0
9.06-r1
9.06-r2
9.06-r3
9.07-r0
9.09-r0
9.09-r1
9.10-r0
9.10-r1
9.15-r0
9.15-r1
9.16-r0
9.16-r1
9.16-r2
9.18-r0
9.19-r0
9.19-r1
9.20-r0
9.20-r1
9.21-r0
9.21-r1
9.21-r2
9.21-r3
9.22-r0
9.24-r0
9.25-r0
9.25-r1
9.26-r0
9.26-r1
9.26-r2
9.27-r0
9.27-r1
9.27-r2
9.27-r3
9.27-r4
9.50-r0

Alpine:v3.14 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.51-r0

Affected versions

8.*

8.64-r0
8.70-r0
8.71-r0
8.71-r1
8.71-r2
8.71-r3
8.71-r4

9.*

9.00-r0
9.00-r1
9.00-r2
9.04-r0
9.05-r0
9.05-r1
9.06-r0
9.06-r1
9.06-r2
9.06-r3
9.07-r0
9.09-r0
9.09-r1
9.10-r0
9.10-r1
9.15-r0
9.15-r1
9.16-r0
9.16-r1
9.16-r2
9.18-r0
9.19-r0
9.19-r1
9.20-r0
9.20-r1
9.21-r0
9.21-r1
9.21-r2
9.21-r3
9.22-r0
9.24-r0
9.25-r0
9.25-r1
9.26-r0
9.26-r1
9.26-r2
9.27-r0
9.27-r1
9.27-r2
9.27-r3
9.27-r4
9.50-r0

Alpine:v3.15 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.51-r0

Affected versions

8.*

8.64-r0
8.70-r0
8.71-r0
8.71-r1
8.71-r2
8.71-r3
8.71-r4

9.*

9.00-r0
9.00-r1
9.00-r2
9.04-r0
9.05-r0
9.05-r1
9.06-r0
9.06-r1
9.06-r2
9.06-r3
9.07-r0
9.09-r0
9.09-r1
9.10-r0
9.10-r1
9.15-r0
9.15-r1
9.16-r0
9.16-r1
9.16-r2
9.18-r0
9.19-r0
9.19-r1
9.20-r0
9.20-r1
9.21-r0
9.21-r1
9.21-r2
9.21-r3
9.22-r0
9.24-r0
9.25-r0
9.25-r1
9.26-r0
9.26-r1
9.26-r2
9.27-r0
9.27-r1
9.27-r2
9.27-r3
9.27-r4
9.50-r0

Alpine:v3.16 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.51-r0

Affected versions

8.*

8.64-r0
8.70-r0
8.71-r0
8.71-r1
8.71-r2
8.71-r3
8.71-r4

9.*

9.00-r0
9.00-r1
9.00-r2
9.04-r0
9.05-r0
9.05-r1
9.06-r0
9.06-r1
9.06-r2
9.06-r3
9.07-r0
9.09-r0
9.09-r1
9.10-r0
9.10-r1
9.15-r0
9.15-r1
9.16-r0
9.16-r1
9.16-r2
9.18-r0
9.19-r0
9.19-r1
9.20-r0
9.20-r1
9.21-r0
9.21-r1
9.21-r2
9.21-r3
9.22-r0
9.24-r0
9.25-r0
9.25-r1
9.26-r0
9.26-r1
9.26-r2
9.27-r0
9.27-r1
9.27-r2
9.27-r3
9.27-r4
9.50-r0

Alpine:v3.17 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.51-r0

Affected versions

8.*

8.64-r0
8.70-r0
8.71-r0
8.71-r1
8.71-r2
8.71-r3
8.71-r4

9.*

9.00-r0
9.00-r1
9.00-r2
9.04-r0
9.05-r0
9.05-r1
9.06-r0
9.06-r1
9.06-r2
9.06-r3
9.07-r0
9.09-r0
9.09-r1
9.10-r0
9.10-r1
9.15-r0
9.15-r1
9.16-r0
9.16-r1
9.16-r2
9.18-r0
9.19-r0
9.19-r1
9.20-r0
9.20-r1
9.21-r0
9.21-r1
9.21-r2
9.21-r3
9.22-r0
9.24-r0
9.25-r0
9.25-r1
9.26-r0
9.26-r1
9.26-r2
9.27-r0
9.27-r1
9.27-r2
9.27-r3
9.27-r4
9.50-r0

Alpine:v3.18 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.51-r0

Affected versions

8.*

8.64-r0
8.70-r0
8.71-r0
8.71-r1
8.71-r2
8.71-r3
8.71-r4

9.*

9.00-r0
9.00-r1
9.00-r2
9.04-r0
9.05-r0
9.05-r1
9.06-r0
9.06-r1
9.06-r2
9.06-r3
9.07-r0
9.09-r0
9.09-r1
9.10-r0
9.10-r1
9.15-r0
9.15-r1
9.16-r0
9.16-r1
9.16-r2
9.18-r0
9.19-r0
9.19-r1
9.20-r0
9.20-r1
9.21-r0
9.21-r1
9.21-r2
9.21-r3
9.22-r0
9.24-r0
9.25-r0
9.25-r1
9.26-r0
9.26-r1
9.26-r2
9.27-r0
9.27-r1
9.27-r2
9.27-r3
9.27-r4
9.50-r0

Alpine:v3.19 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.51-r0

Affected versions

8.*

8.64-r0
8.70-r0
8.71-r0
8.71-r1
8.71-r2
8.71-r3
8.71-r4

9.*

9.00-r0
9.00-r1
9.00-r2
9.04-r0
9.05-r0
9.05-r1
9.06-r0
9.06-r1
9.06-r2
9.06-r3
9.07-r0
9.09-r0
9.09-r1
9.10-r0
9.10-r1
9.15-r0
9.15-r1
9.16-r0
9.16-r1
9.16-r2
9.18-r0
9.19-r0
9.19-r1
9.20-r0
9.20-r1
9.21-r0
9.21-r1
9.21-r2
9.21-r3
9.22-r0
9.24-r0
9.25-r0
9.25-r1
9.26-r0
9.26-r1
9.26-r2
9.27-r0
9.27-r1
9.27-r2
9.27-r3
9.27-r4
9.50-r0

Alpine:v3.20 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.51-r0

Affected versions

8.*

8.64-r0
8.70-r0
8.71-r0
8.71-r1
8.71-r2
8.71-r3
8.71-r4

9.*

9.00-r0
9.00-r1
9.00-r2
9.04-r0
9.05-r0
9.05-r1
9.06-r0
9.06-r1
9.06-r2
9.06-r3
9.07-r0
9.09-r0
9.09-r1
9.10-r0
9.10-r1
9.15-r0
9.15-r1
9.16-r0
9.16-r1
9.16-r2
9.18-r0
9.19-r0
9.19-r1
9.20-r0
9.20-r1
9.21-r0
9.21-r1
9.21-r2
9.21-r3
9.22-r0
9.24-r0
9.25-r0
9.25-r1
9.26-r0
9.26-r1
9.26-r2
9.27-r0
9.27-r1
9.27-r2
9.27-r3
9.27-r4
9.50-r0

Alpine:v3.21 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.51-r0

Affected versions

8.*

8.64-r0
8.70-r0
8.71-r0
8.71-r1
8.71-r2
8.71-r3
8.71-r4

9.*

9.00-r0
9.00-r1
9.00-r2
9.04-r0
9.05-r0
9.05-r1
9.06-r0
9.06-r1
9.06-r2
9.06-r3
9.07-r0
9.09-r0
9.09-r1
9.10-r0
9.10-r1
9.15-r0
9.15-r1
9.16-r0
9.16-r1
9.16-r2
9.18-r0
9.19-r0
9.19-r1
9.20-r0
9.20-r1
9.21-r0
9.21-r1
9.21-r2
9.21-r3
9.22-r0
9.24-r0
9.25-r0
9.25-r1
9.26-r0
9.26-r1
9.26-r2
9.27-r0
9.27-r1
9.27-r2
9.27-r3
9.27-r4
9.50-r0

Debian:11 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.51~dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.51~dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.51~dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}