vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-4469-1 (CVE-2020-16307): Ghostscript vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 13, 2020 | Aug 25, 2020 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 13, 2020
Added
Aug 25, 2020
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
A null pointer dereference vulnerability in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c and psi/zbfont.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted postscript file. This is fixed in v9.51.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-ghostscriptubuntu-upgrade-libgs9
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