CVE-2020-16304

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

2%p79

Published

Aug 13, 2020 (Aug 13, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in image_render_color_thresh() in base/gxicolor.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.18 to v9.50 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted eps file. This is fixed in v9.51.

Vendors: artifex debian canonical
Products: ghostscript, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-787
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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