CVE-2020-36773
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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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).
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 9.53.0~dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 9.53.0~dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 9.53.0~dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 9.53.0~dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 9.53.0~dfsg-1 |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.