UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27814

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27814

    Published: 30 Nov 2020Last Modified: 29 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-27814
    Aliases:
    USN-4685-1
    USN-4686-1
    USN-4880-1

    Summary:

    Details: A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way openjpeg2 handled certain PNG format files. An attacker could use this flaw to cause an application crash or in some cases execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running such an application.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27814, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4685-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4686-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4880-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5952-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27814

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

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

    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