CVE-2020-16300 — MEDIUM (5.5)

Q: How severe is CVE-2020-16300?

CVE-2020-16300 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 5.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2020-16300?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Artifex Ghostscript, Debian Debian Linux, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

Vulnerability Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in tiff12_print_page() in devices/gdevtfnx.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 Score

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Artifex	Ghostscript	< 9.52
Debian	Debian Linux	9.0
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	16.04

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

References

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701807ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=714e8995cd582d418
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.htmlMailing ListThird 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
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701807ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=714e8995cd582d418
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.htmlMailing ListThird 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

FAQ

What is CVE-2020-16300?

CVE-2020-16300 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). A buffer overflow vulnerability in tiff12_print_page() in devices/gdevtfnx.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is...

How severe is CVE-2020-16300?

CVE-2020-16300 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 5.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2020-16300?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Artifex Ghostscript, Debian Debian Linux, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.