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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-16303: Use After Free

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-16303: Use After Free

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/13/2020
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in xps_finish_image_path() in devices/vector/gdevxps.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-ghostscript

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