CVE-2020-16298
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.4%
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in mj_color_correct() in contrib/japanese/gdevmjc.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.
How to fix CVE-2020-16298
To remediate CVE-2020-16298, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ghostscript—upgrade to 9.51-r0 or later
- Debian/ghostscript—upgrade to 9.51~dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2020-16298 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 9.51-r0
- from 0, < 9.51~dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |