vulnerability
Alma Linux: CVE-2020-16297: Moderate: ghostscript security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1852)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 13, 2020 | May 4, 2022 | Apr 17, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 13, 2020
Added
May 4, 2022
Modified
Apr 17, 2026
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in FloydSteinbergDitheringC() in contrib/gdevbjca.c of Artifex Software GhostScript 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.
Solutions
alma-upgrade-ghostscriptalma-upgrade-ghostscript-docalma-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-dvipdfalma-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-fontsalma-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-printingalma-upgrade-ghostscript-x11alma-upgrade-libgsalma-upgrade-libgs-devel
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