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Debian: CVE-2020-21890: ghostscript -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 22, 2023
Added
Sep 27, 2023
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in clj_media_size function in devices/gdevclj.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact(s) via opening of crafted PDF document.

Solution

debian-upgrade-ghostscript
Title
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