9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2020-36773
Artifex Ghostscript Use After Free
Description

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).

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 4, 2024, 6:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-36773 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Artifex ghostscript

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-36773 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-36773 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702229
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177922
    Added Reference https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c7bd787defa071c96289b7da9397f673fddb874
    Added Reference https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/tag/gs9530
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 04, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.53.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.52.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.53.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.53.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702229 No Types Assigned https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702229 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177922 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177922 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c7bd787defa071c96289b7da9397f673fddb874 No Types Assigned https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c7bd787defa071c96289b7da9397f673fddb874 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/tag/gs9530 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/tag/gs9530 Release Notes
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CWE NIST CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.53.0
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 04, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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).
    Added Reference MITRE https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702229 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c7bd787defa071c96289b7da9397f673fddb874 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177922 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/tag/gs9530 [No types assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-36773 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.01%

score

0.23495

percentile

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