CVE-2020-16304
GhostScript EPS Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in image_render_color_thresh() in base/gxicolor.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.18 to v9.50 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted eps file. This is fixed in v9.51.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 13, 2020, 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
March 14, 2025, 6:27 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
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Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 14, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.18 from (including) 9.52 Added Reference Type CVE: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=027c546e0dd11e0526f1780a7f3c2c66acffe209 Types: Broken Link Added Reference Type MITRE: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=027c546e0dd11e0526f1780a7f3c2c66acffe209 Types: Broken Link Added Reference Type MITRE: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/tree/base/gxicolor.c?h=ghostscript-9.18#n825 Types: Product -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 04, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description A buffer overflow vulnerability in image_render_color_thresh() in base/gxicolor.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted eps file. This is fixed in v9.51. A buffer overflow vulnerability in image_render_color_thresh() in base/gxicolor.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.18 to v9.50 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted eps file. This is fixed in v9.51. Added Reference http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=027c546e0dd11e0526f1780a7f3c2c66acffe209 Added Reference https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/tree/base/gxicolor.c?h=ghostscript-9.18#n825 Removed Reference http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=027c546e0dd11e0526f1780a7f3c2c66acffe209 -
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=027c546e0dd11e0526f1780a7f3c2c66acffe209 Added Reference https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701816 Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=027c546e0dd11e0526f1780a7f3c2c66acffe209 [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=027c546e0dd11e0526f1780a7f3c2c66acffe209 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 29, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 31, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 31, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 30, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 26, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 20, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html [No Types Assigned] -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Aug. 14, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 14, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=027c546e0dd11e0526f1780a7f3c2c66acffe209 No Types Assigned http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=027c546e0dd11e0526f1780a7f3c2c66acffe209 Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701816 No Types Assigned https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701816 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-787 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-16304 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-16304
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.20 }} -0.77%
score
0.77024
percentile