Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-16291 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products

047910
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
artifex
debian
canonical
CWE-787

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability in contrib/gdevdj9.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
255
OS
Debian
2
OS
Canonical
3

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)