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CVE-2020-27792

Ghostscript: heap buffer over write vulnerability in ghostscript's lp8000_print_page() in gdevlp8k.c

Published: 8/19/2022 Last updated: 4/30/2025 Reserved: 10/27/2020

A heap-based buffer overwrite vulnerability was found in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() function in the gdevlp8k.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted PDF file, triggering the heap buffer overflow that could lead to memory corruption or a denial of service.

CNA assigner: redhat (53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 7.1 High CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Opam packages affected (1)

conf-ghostscript

Products affected (4)

Product Vendor Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat 2.2(2d)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat 2.3(2b)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat 2.3(2c)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat 2.3(2d)

References (10)