usn-5643-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-09-27 12:08
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
ghostscript vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that GhostScript incorrectly handled certain PDF files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause GhostScript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-27792)

It was discovered that GhostScript incorrectly handled certain PDF files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause GhostScript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2085)

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  "details": "It was discovered that GhostScript incorrectly handled certain PDF files.\nIf a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted\nPDF file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause GhostScript to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2020-27792)\n\nIt was discovered that GhostScript incorrectly handled certain PDF files.\nIf a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted\nPDF file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause GhostScript to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2085)\n",
  "id": "USN-5643-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:02Z",
  "published": "2022-09-27T12:08:19Z",
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "ghostscript vulnerabilities",
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27792",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2085"
  ]
}



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