CVE-2020-15900

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

5.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 92.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-07-28 15:17Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 13:30Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-07-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-191Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)Base
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-131Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

46b308d0129203205cc48847e19b90357be381ec3434f02e138f2b1a7ca5a26c

• git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=logx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/commits/master/psi/zstring.cx_refsource_MISC
• git.ghostscript.comhttps://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5d499272b95a6b890a1397e11d20937de000d31bx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/commit/5d499272b95a6b890a1397e11d20937de000d31bx_refsource_MISC
• artifex.comhttps://artifex.com/security-advisories/CVE-2020-15900x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1142http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00004.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1146http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00006.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4445-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4445-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202008-20https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO