PT-2019-6414 · Artifex+8 · Ghostscript+8

Published 2019-11-05 · Updated 2025-05-01 · CVE-2020-27792

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ghostscript (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overwrite vulnerability in the lp8000 print page() function of the gdevlp8k.c component. This flaw can be exploited by an attacker who tricks a user into opening a specially crafted PDF file, leading to a heap buffer overflow. The exploitation could result in memory corruption or a denial of service, potentially disrupting data integrity.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025:4362

ALT-PU-2020-3124

BDU:2023-09076

CESA-2025_4362

CVE-2020-27792

DLA-3096-1

INFSA-2025_4362

RHSA-2025:4362

RHSA-2025_4362

USN-5618-1

USN-5643-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Centos

Ghostscript

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Rocky Linux

Ubuntu

References · 47

• 🔥 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701844 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27792 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2025:4362 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5643-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-4362.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4362 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:4362 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27792 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27792 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3096-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27792 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-09076 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5618-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se16-bulletin-20231214SE16 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27792 · Vendor Advisory