Vulnerability · Published Dec 31, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-45944
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the ghostscript package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 26.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.53.3 has a use-after-free in sampled_data_sample (called from sampled_data_continue and interp).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | ghostscript | 9.54.0~dfsg-5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45944 |
| Debian:13 | ghostscript | 9.54.0~dfsg-5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45944 |
| Debian:14 | ghostscript | 9.54.0~dfsg-5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45944 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/ghostscript/OSV-2021-237.yaml x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=29903 x_refsource_MISC
- DSA-5038 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220114 [SECURITY] [DLA 2879-1] ghostscript security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/issues/16 x_refsource_MISC
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7861fcad13c497728189feafb41cd57b5b50ea25 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=30715 x_refsource_MISC