DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16304

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16304
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16304.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16304
Upstream
Published
2020-08-13T03:15:14.023Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:04:27.154769Z
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 imagerendercolor_thresh() in base/gxicolor.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.18 to v9.50 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted eps file. This is fixed in v9.51.

References

Affected packages

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"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16304.json"

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"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16304.json"

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"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16304.json"

Debian:14 / 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"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16304.json"