UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45944

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45944

    Published: 1 Jan 2022Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-45944

    Summary:

    Details: Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.53.3 has a use-after-free in sampled_data_sample (called from sampled_data_continue and interp).

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45944, https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/ghostscript/OSV-2021-237.yaml, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5224-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5224-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45944

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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