CVE-2020-16303 Information

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in xps_finish_image_path() in devices/vector/gdevxps.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701818 https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=94d8955cb77 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8