CVE-2020-27792

2022-08-1900:00:00

ubuntu.com

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

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

3.3 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

39.6%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701844>

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchghostscript< 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.17UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchghostscript< 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.6UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchghostscript< 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm4) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-onlyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	ghostscript	< 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.17	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	ghostscript	< 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.6	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	ghostscript	< 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm4) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only	UNKNOWN