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CVE-2020-16303

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Date: August 12, 2020

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.

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Related Resources (13)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-16303
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701818
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=94d8955cb77
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16303
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=94d8955cb77
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-16303
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16303
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16303
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-16303

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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