UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21890

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21890

    Published: 22 Aug 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-21890
    Aliases:
    USN-6364-1

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in clj_media_size function in devices/gdevclj.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact(s) via opening of crafted PDF document.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21890, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6364-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-21890

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm7?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm7

    Affected versions

    9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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