| Name | CVE-2020-27792 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3096-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | buster | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u5 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u9 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u6 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u5 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3 | fixed | |
| trixie | 10.02.1~dfsg-3 | fixed | |
| sid | 10.03.0~dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript | source | buster | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u6 | DLA-3096-1 | ||
| ghostscript | source | (unstable) | 9.51~dfsg-1 |
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701844
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7 (ghostpdl-9.51rc1)