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FKIE_CVE-2020-14373

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-09-03 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:54
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A use after free was found in igc_reloc_struct_ptr() of psi/igc.c of ghostscript-9.25. A local attacker could supply a specially crafted PDF file to cause a denial of service.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702851Exploit, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1873239Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ece5cbbd9979cd35737b00e68267762d72feb2ea%3Bhp=1ef5f08f2c2e27efa978f0010669ff22355c385f
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702851Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1873239Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ece5cbbd9979cd35737b00e68267762d72feb2ea%3Bhp=1ef5f08f2c2e27efa978f0010669ff22355c385f
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
artifex ghostscript 9.25
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0
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