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Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2020-36773) Artifex Ghostscript before 9.53.0 has an out-of-bounds write and use-after-free in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c.

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Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2020-36773) Artifex Ghostscript before 9.53.0 has an out-of-bounds write and use-after-free in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c.

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/04/2024
Created
06/27/2024
Added
06/26/2024
Modified
06/26/2024

Description

Artifex 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).

Solution(s)

  • ghostscript-upgrade-9_53

References

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