CVE-2020-27792
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27792
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-27792.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-27792
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2022-08-19T23:15:08Z
- Modified
- 2025-04-30T10:15:15Z
- Severity
-
- 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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A heap-based buffer overwrite vulnerability was found in GhostScript's lp8000printpage() function in the gdevlp8k.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted PDF file, triggering the heap buffer overflow that could lead to memory corruption or a denial of service.
- References
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4362
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247179
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27792
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701844
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00005.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27792
Affected packages
Debian:11 / ghostscript
Package
- Name
- ghostscript
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source
Debian:12 / ghostscript
Package
- Name
- ghostscript
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source
Debian:13 / ghostscript
Package
- Name
- ghostscript
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source