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CVE-2021-45949 (GCVE-0-2021-45949)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-31 23:54 – Updated: 2026-10-08 00:11

Summary

Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.54.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in sampled_data_finish (called from sampled_data_continue and interp).

Severity

3.9 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-13 15:10 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2310 records in the last 180 days details

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/mai…	x_refsource_MISC
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detai…	x_refsource_MISC
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=c…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5038	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

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SUSE-SU-2022:0088-2

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2022-02-14 10:49 - Updated: 2026-09-20 14:13

Summary

Security update for ghostscript

Severity

Moderate

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2021-45949.

CVE-2021-45949

6.2 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Recommended: 3 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2022:0088-3

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2023-01-31 07:06 - Updated: 2026-09-20 14:13

Summary

Security update for ghostscript

Severity

Moderate

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2021-45949.

CVE-2021-45949

6.2 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Recommended: 108 products

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45949 (CVE-2021-45949)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2022-01-01 00:15 – Updated: 2026-10-08 16:33 – Source website

Details

Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.54.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in sampled_data_finish (called from sampled_data_continue and interp).

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

3.9 (Low)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45949	REPORT
	https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/mai…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5224-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5224-2	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45949	REPORT

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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2021-45949"
  ]
}

WID-SEC-W-2023-0232

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2022-01-09 23:00 - Updated: 2023-01-30 23:00

Summary

Ghostscript: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Codeausführung

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2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2021-45949.

CVE-2021-45949

In Ghostscript existieren mehrere Schwachstellen. Die Schwachstellen bestehen aufgrund eines Use-after-free-Fehlers und eines Heap-basierten Pufferüberlaufs innerhalb der "sampled_data_sample()" und der "sampled_data_finish()" Funktionen. Ein entfernter anonymer Angreifer kann diese Schwachstellen zur Ausführung von beliebigem Code ausnutzen. Zur erfolgreichen Ausnutzung ist eine Benutzeraktion erforderlich.

Known affected: 4 products

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CVE-2021-45949 (GCVE-0-2021-45949)

SUSE-SU-2022:0088-2

SUSE-SU-2022:0088-3

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45949 (CVE-2021-45949)

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