CVE-2020-16288
A buffer overflow vulnerability in pj_common_print_page() in devices/gdevpjet.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.00%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in pj_common_print_page() in devices/gdevpjet.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.00% probability · 81th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- artifex/ghostscript · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=aba3375ac24f8e02659d9b1eb9093909618cdb9f
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701791Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748Third Party Advisory
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=aba3375ac24f8e02659d9b1eb9093909618cdb9f
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701791Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.