7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
40.6%
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.
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27792
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701844
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247179
git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7
git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00005.html