CVE-2020-16309
A buffer overflow vulnerability in lxm5700m_print_page() in devices/gdevlxm.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted eps file. This
02 Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in lxm5700m_print_page() in devices/gdevlxm.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted eps file. This
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 1.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-08-13 02:09Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 13:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-08-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b505b7ed0235ec3152aca04478b304eb94428adcf5964fd3158596ea6afddaa5
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701827
- git.ghostscript.comhttps://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6f7464dddc689386668a38b92dfd03cc1b38a10
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200820 [SECURITY] [DLA 2335-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4748https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202008-20https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4469-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
- ghostscript-doc Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
- ghostscript-tools-dvipdf Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
- ghostscript-tools-fonts Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
- ghostscript-tools-printing Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
- ghostscript-x11 Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
- libgs Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
- libgs-devel Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
- ghostscript-doc Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
- ghostscript-tools-dvipdf Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
- ghostscript-tools-fonts Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
- ghostscript-tools-printing Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
- ghostscript-x11 Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
- libgs Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
- libgs-devel Fixed in 9.27-1.el8
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.51~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.51~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.51~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.13
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.