| Name | CVE-2022-1350 |
| Description | A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GhostPCL 9.55.0. This vulnerability affects the function chunk_free_object of the file gsmchunk.c. The manipulation with a malicious file leads to a memory corruption. The attack can be initiated remotely but requires user interaction. The exploit has been disclosed to the public as a POC and may be used. It is recommended to apply the patches to fix this issue. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | bullseye | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u9 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 10.04.0~dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| sid | 10.04.0~dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ghostscript | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://vuldb.com/?id.197290
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705156
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/attachment.cgi?id=22323
Issue is in GhostPCL sourcewise shipped in src:ghostscript
Upstream report is as per 2022-04-15 not yet public