CVE-2020-27792
Ghostscript: heap buffer over write vulnerability in ghostscript's lp8000_print_page() in gdevlp8k.c
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.1 High
- Published
- Aug 19, 2022
- Updated
- Nov 20, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 27, 2020
Description
A heap-based buffer overwrite vulnerability was found in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() function in the gdevlp8k.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted PDF file, triggering the heap buffer overflow that could lead to memory corruption or a denial of service.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
References
- RHSA-2025:4362vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27792vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2247179issue-tracking
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701844
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220903 [SECURITY] [DLA 3096-1] ghostscript security updatemailing-list
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