Vulnerability · Published Apr 14, 2022 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2022-1350GhostPCL gsmchunk.c chunk_free_object memory corruption

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity memory corruption in GhostPCL from unspecified. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 42.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GhostPCL 9.55.0. This vulnerability affects the function chunk_free_object of the file gsmchunk.c. The manipulation with a malicious file leads to a memory corruption. The attack can be initiated remotely but requires user interaction. The exploit has been disclosed to the public as a POC and may be used. It is recommended to apply the patches to fix this issue.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian:12	ghostscript	10.0.0~dfsg-3	DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1350
Debian:13	ghostscript	10.0.0~dfsg-3	DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1350
Debian:14	ghostscript	10.0.0~dfsg-3	DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1350

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
unspecified	GhostPCL	9.55.0

Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705156 x_refsource_MISC
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/attachment.cgi?id=22323 x_refsource_MISC
https://vuldb.com/?id.197290 x_refsource_MISC