Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-16288 - Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in multiple products

CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM

Attack vector

LOCAL

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

NONE

Integrity impact

NONE

Availability impact

HIGH

local

low complexity

NVD

Published: 2020-08-13

Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Artifex Artifex Ghostscript - Artifex Ghostscript 1.0 Artifex Ghostscript 1.1 Artifex Ghostscript 1.2 Artifex Ghostscript 1.3 Artifex Ghostscript 2.0 Artifex Ghostscript 2.1 Artifex Ghostscript 2.1.1 Artifex Ghostscript 2.2 Artifex Ghostscript 2.3 Artifex Ghostscript 2.4 Artifex Ghostscript 2.4.1 Artifex Ghostscript 2.4.2 Artifex Ghostscript 2.5 Artifex Ghostscript 2.5.1 Artifex Ghostscript 2.5.2 Artifex Ghostscript 2.6 Artifex Ghostscript 2.6.1 Artifex Ghostscript 2.7 Artifex Ghostscript 2.7.1 Artifex Ghostscript 2.7.2 Artifex Ghostscript 2.8 Artifex Ghostscript 2.9 Artifex Ghostscript 2.9.1 Artifex Ghostscript 2.9.2 Artifex Ghostscript 2.9.3 Artifex Ghostscript 2.9.4 Artifex Ghostscript 2.9.5 Artifex Ghostscript 2.9.6 Artifex Ghostscript 2.9.7 Artifex Ghostscript 2.9.8 Artifex Ghostscript 2.9.9 Artifex Ghostscript 2.9.10 Artifex Ghostscript 3.0 Artifex Ghostscript 3.0.3 Artifex Ghostscript 3.01 Artifex Ghostscript 3.1 Artifex Ghostscript 3.1.1 Artifex Ghostscript 3.02 Artifex Ghostscript 3.12 Artifex Ghostscript 3.13 Artifex Ghostscript 3.20 Artifex Ghostscript 3.21 Artifex Ghostscript 3.22 Artifex Ghostscript 3.23 Artifex Ghostscript 3.24 Artifex Ghostscript 3.25 Artifex Ghostscript 3.26 Artifex Ghostscript 3.27 Artifex Ghostscript 3.28 Artifex Ghostscript 3.29 Artifex Ghostscript 3.30 Artifex Ghostscript 3.31 Artifex Ghostscript 3.32 Artifex Ghostscript 3.33 Artifex Ghostscript 3.34 Artifex Ghostscript 3.35 Artifex Ghostscript 3.36 Artifex Ghostscript 3.37 Artifex Ghostscript 3.38 Artifex Ghostscript 3.39 Artifex Ghostscript 3.40 Artifex Ghostscript 3.41 Artifex Ghostscript 3.42 Artifex Ghostscript 3.43 Artifex Ghostscript 3.44 Artifex Ghostscript 3.45 Artifex Ghostscript 3.46 Artifex Ghostscript 3.47 Artifex Ghostscript 3.48 Artifex Ghostscript 3.49 Artifex Ghostscript 3.50 Artifex Ghostscript 3.51 Artifex Ghostscript 3.52 Artifex Ghostscript 3.53 Artifex Ghostscript 3.60 Artifex Ghostscript 3.61 Artifex Ghostscript 3.62 Artifex Ghostscript 3.63 Artifex Ghostscript 3.64 Artifex Ghostscript 3.65 Artifex Ghostscript 3.66 Artifex Ghostscript 3.67 Artifex Ghostscript 3.68 Artifex Ghostscript 3.69 Artifex Ghostscript 3.70 Artifex Ghostscript 4.0 Artifex Ghostscript 4.01 Artifex Ghostscript 4.02 Artifex Ghostscript 4.03 Artifex Ghostscript 4.10 Artifex Ghostscript 4.20 Artifex Ghostscript 4.21 Artifex Ghostscript 4.30 Artifex Ghostscript 4.31 Artifex Ghostscript 4.32 Artifex Ghostscript 4.33 Artifex Ghostscript 4.34 Artifex Ghostscript 4.35 Artifex Ghostscript 4.36 Artifex Ghostscript 4.37 Artifex Ghostscript 4.38 Artifex Ghostscript 4.39 Artifex Ghostscript 4.40 Artifex Ghostscript 4.41 Artifex Ghostscript 4.50 Artifex Ghostscript 4.51 Artifex Ghostscript 4.60 Artifex Ghostscript 4.61 Artifex Ghostscript 4.70 Artifex Ghostscript 4.71 Artifex Ghostscript 4.72 Artifex Ghostscript 4.73 Artifex Ghostscript 4.74 Artifex Ghostscript 4.80 Artifex Ghostscript 4.81 Artifex Ghostscript 5.0 Artifex Ghostscript 5.01 Artifex Ghostscript 5.02 Artifex Ghostscript 5.03 Artifex Ghostscript 5.04 Artifex Ghostscript 5.05 Artifex Ghostscript 5.06 Artifex Ghostscript 5.07 Artifex Ghostscript 5.10 Artifex Ghostscript 5.20 Artifex Ghostscript 5.21 Artifex Ghostscript 5.22 Artifex Ghostscript 5.23 Artifex Ghostscript 5.24 Artifex Ghostscript 5.25 Artifex Ghostscript 5.26 Artifex Ghostscript 5.27 Artifex Ghostscript 5.28 Artifex Ghostscript 5.30 Artifex Ghostscript 5.31 Artifex Ghostscript 5.32 Artifex Ghostscript 5.33 Artifex Ghostscript 5.34 Artifex Ghostscript 5.35 Artifex Ghostscript 5.36 Artifex Ghostscript 5.37 Artifex Ghostscript 5.38 Artifex Ghostscript 5.39 Artifex Ghostscript 5.40 Artifex Ghostscript 5.50 Artifex Ghostscript 5.60 Artifex Ghostscript 5.61 Artifex Ghostscript 5.62 Artifex Ghostscript 5.63 Artifex Ghostscript 5.64 Artifex Ghostscript 5.65 Artifex Ghostscript 5.66 Artifex Ghostscript 5.67 Artifex Ghostscript 5.68 Artifex Ghostscript 5.69 Artifex Ghostscript 5.70 Artifex Ghostscript 5.71 Artifex Ghostscript 5.72 Artifex Ghostscript 5.73 Artifex Ghostscript 5.80 Artifex Ghostscript 5.81 Artifex Ghostscript 5.82 Artifex Ghostscript 5.83 Artifex Ghostscript 5.84 Artifex Ghostscript 5.85 Artifex Ghostscript 5.86 Artifex Ghostscript 5.87 Artifex Ghostscript 5.88 Artifex Ghostscript 5.90 Artifex Ghostscript 5.91 Artifex Ghostscript 5.92 Artifex Ghostscript 5.93 Artifex Ghostscript 5.94 Artifex Ghostscript 5.95 Artifex Ghostscript 5.96 Artifex Ghostscript 5.97 Artifex Ghostscript 5.98 Artifex Ghostscript 5.99 Artifex Ghostscript 6.0 Artifex Ghostscript 6.01 Artifex Ghostscript 6.20 Artifex Ghostscript 6.21 Artifex Ghostscript 6.22 Artifex Ghostscript 6.23 Artifex Ghostscript 6.30 Artifex Ghostscript 6.60 Artifex Ghostscript 6.61 Artifex Ghostscript 6.62 Artifex Ghostscript 6.63 Artifex Ghostscript 6.64 Artifex Ghostscript 7.00 Artifex Ghostscript 7.02 Artifex Ghostscript 7.03 Artifex Ghostscript 7.20 Artifex Ghostscript 7.21 Artifex Ghostscript 7.22 Artifex Ghostscript 7.30 Artifex Ghostscript 7.31 Artifex Ghostscript 7.32 Artifex Ghostscript 7.33 Artifex Ghostscript 8.00 Artifex Ghostscript 8.10 Artifex Ghostscript 8.11 Artifex Ghostscript 8.12 Artifex Ghostscript 8.30 Artifex Ghostscript 8.31 Artifex Ghostscript 8.32 Artifex Ghostscript 8.33 Artifex Ghostscript 8.50 Artifex Ghostscript 8.51 Artifex Ghostscript 8.52 Artifex Ghostscript 8.53 Artifex Ghostscript 8.54 Artifex Ghostscript 8.56 Artifex Ghostscript 8.57 Artifex Ghostscript 8.60 Artifex Ghostscript 8.61 Artifex Ghostscript 8.62 Artifex Ghostscript 8.63 Artifex Ghostscript 8.64 Artifex Ghostscript 8.70 Artifex Ghostscript 8.71 Artifex Ghostscript 8_64 Artifex Ghostscript 9.00 Artifex Ghostscript 9.01 Artifex Ghostscript 9.02 Artifex Ghostscript 9.04 Artifex Ghostscript 9.05 Artifex Ghostscript 9.06 Artifex Ghostscript 9.07 Artifex Ghostscript 9.09 Artifex Ghostscript 9.10 Artifex Ghostscript 9.14 Artifex Ghostscript 9.15 Artifex Ghostscript 9.16 Artifex Ghostscript 9.18 Artifex Ghostscript 9.19 Artifex Ghostscript 9.20 Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 Artifex Ghostscript 9.22 Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 Artifex Ghostscript 9.24 Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 Artifex Ghostscript 9.26 Artifex Ghostscript 9.27 Artifex Ghostscript 9.28 Artifex Ghostscript 9.50 Artifex Ghostscript 9.51	255
OS	Debian Debian Debian Linux 9.0 Debian Debian Linux 10.0	2
OS	Canonical Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04	3

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
Overflow Buffers
Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
MIME Conversion
An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Summary

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

References