CVE-2020-16305
ghostscript: ghostscript: buffer overflow in pcx_write_rle() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c could result in a DoS
CVE-2020-16305 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13, released August 12, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
Routine
CVSS
5.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0225
83rd percentile
ghostscript: buffer overflow in pcx_write_rle() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c could result in a DoS
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| ghostscript · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | RHSA-2021:1852 | May 18, 2021 |
| ghostscript · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13 | ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13 | Aug 12, 2020 |
| ghostscript · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2 | ghostscript 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2 | Aug 12, 2020 |
| ghostscript · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript · ol 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | ELSA-2021-1852 | May 25, 2021 |
| ghostscript-doc · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | RHSA-2021:1852 | May 18, 2021 |
| ghostscript-doc · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-doc · ol 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | ELSA-2021-1852 | May 25, 2021 |
| ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | RHSA-2021:1852 | May 18, 2021 |
| ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · ol 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | ELSA-2021-1852 | May 25, 2021 |
| ghostscript-tools-fonts · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | RHSA-2021:1852 | May 18, 2021 |
| ghostscript-tools-fonts · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-fonts · ol 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | ELSA-2021-1852 | May 25, 2021 |
| ghostscript-tools-printing · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | RHSA-2021:1852 | May 18, 2021 |
| ghostscript-tools-printing · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-printing · ol 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | ELSA-2021-1852 | May 25, 2021 |
| ghostscript-x · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13 | ghostscript-x 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13 | Aug 12, 2020 |
| ghostscript-x · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2 | ghostscript-x 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2 | Aug 12, 2020 |
| ghostscript-x11 · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | RHSA-2021:1852 | May 18, 2021 |
| ghostscript-x11 · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x11 · ol 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | ELSA-2021-1852 | May 25, 2021 |
| libgs · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | RHSA-2021:1852 | May 18, 2021 |
| libgs · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| libgs · ol 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | ELSA-2021-1852 | May 25, 2021 |
| libgs-devel · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | RHSA-2021:1852 | May 18, 2021 |
| libgs-devel · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| libgs-devel · ol 8 | 0:9.27-1.el8 | ELSA-2021-1852 | May 25, 2021 |
| libgs9 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13 | libgs9 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13 | Aug 12, 2020 |
| libgs9 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2 | libgs9 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2 | Aug 12, 2020 |
| libgs9-common · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13 | libgs9-common 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13 | Aug 12, 2020 |
| libgs9-common · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2 | libgs9-common 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2 | Aug 12, 2020 |
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