CVE-2020-16303

moderate-risk
Published 2020-08-13

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.

Do I need to act?

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2.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

Debian Canonical Artifex

References (12)

Exploit https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701818
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=94d8955cb77
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748
Exploit https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701818
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=94d8955cb77
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 13/34 · Low