CVE-2020-36773
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Artifex Ghostscript before 9.53.0 has an out-of-bounds write and use-after-free in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c (for txtwrite) because a single character code in a PDF document can map to more than one Unicode code point (e.g., for a ligature).
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702229
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c7bd787defa071c96289b7da9397f673fddb874
- https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177922
- https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/tag/gs9530
References
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702229
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c7bd787defa071c96289b7da9397f673fddb874
- https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177922
- https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/tag/gs9530
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