Vulnerability · Published Aug 13, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-16304
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the ghostscript package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 19.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in image_render_color_thresh() in base/gxicolor.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.18 to v9.50 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted eps file. This is fixed in v9.51.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript | 9.27-1.el8 | ALSA-2021:1852 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-doc | 9.27-1.el8 | ALSA-2021:1852 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf | 9.27-1.el8 | ALSA-2021:1852 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-tools-fonts | 9.27-1.el8 | ALSA-2021:1852 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-tools-printing | 9.27-1.el8 | ALSA-2021:1852 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-x11 | 9.27-1.el8 | ALSA-2021:1852 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libgs | 9.27-1.el8 | ALSA-2021:1852 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libgs-devel | 9.27-1.el8 | ALSA-2021:1852 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | ghostscript | 9.51-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16304 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ghostscript | 9.51-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16304 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ghostscript | 9.51-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16304 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | ghostscript | 9.51-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16304 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ghostscript | 9.51-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16304 |
| Debian:12 | ghostscript | 9.51~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16304 |
| Debian:13 | ghostscript | 9.51~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16304 |
| Debian:14 | ghostscript | 9.51~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16304 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | ghostscript | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RLSA-2021:1852 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | ghostscript | 0:9.27-1.el8 | RLSA-2021:1852 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701816
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=027c546e0dd11e0526f1780a7f3c2c66acffe209
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200820 [SECURITY] [DLA 2335-1] ghostscript security update mailing-list
- DSA-4748 vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202008-20 vendor-advisory
- USN-4469-1 vendor-advisory
- https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/tree/base/gxicolor.c?h=ghostscript-9.18#n825
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=027c546e0dd11e0526f1780a7f3c2c66acffe209 x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred