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rtifex Ghostscript before 9.53.0 has an out-of-bounds write and use-after-free in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c (for txtwrite) because a single character code in a PDF document can map to more than one Unicode code point (e.g., for a ligature).
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702229 | Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177922 | Issue Tracking |
| https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c7bd787defa071c96289b7da9397f673fddb874 | Broken Link |
| https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/tag/gs9530 | Release Notes |
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702229 | Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177922 | Issue Tracking |
| https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c7bd787defa071c96289b7da9397f673fddb874 | Broken Link |
| https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/tag/gs9530 | Release Notes |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
21 Nov 2024, 05:30
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| References | () https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702229 - Issue Tracking, Patch | |
| References | () https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177922 - Issue Tracking | |
| References | () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c7bd787defa071c96289b7da9397f673fddb874 - Broken Link | |
| References | () https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/tag/gs9530 - Release Notes |
Information
Published : 2024-02-04 18:16
Updated : 2025-05-22 18:15
NVD link : CVE-2020-36773
Mitre link : CVE-2020-36773
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-36773
JSON object : View
Products Affected