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  "cveId": "CVE-2020-16305",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16305",
  "summary": "CVE-2020-16305 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by ghostscript 9.26~dfsg\u002B0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13, released August 12, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "ghostscript: ghostscript: buffer overflow in pcx_write_rle() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c could result in a DoS",
  "description": "ghostscript: buffer overflow in pcx_write_rle() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c could result in a DoS",
  "published": "2020-08-12T20:15:00Z",
  "severity": "Moderate",
  "cvss": 5.5,
  "epss": 0.02252,
  "epssPercentile": 0.83143,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
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