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CVE-2020-16309 Details

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in lxm5700m_print_page() in devices/gdevlxm.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted eps file. This is fixed in v9.51.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701827 CVEExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6f7464dddc689386668a38b92dfd03cc1b38a10 CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ CVEThird Party Advisory

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
artifex ghostscript
9.50

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
9.0
10.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
16.04
18.04
20.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-16309
NVD Published Date:
Aug 13, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]