Bug 2247179 (CVE-2020-27792)

Summary:	CVE-2020-27792 ghostscript: heap buffer over write vulnerability in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() in gdevlp8k.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Rohit Keshri <rkeshri>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	kyoshida, mjg, prodsec-ir-bot, vsroka
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	ghostscript 9.27	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	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.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2250779
Bug Blocks:	2247177

Description Rohit Keshri 2023-10-31 06:18:15 UTC

A heap-based buffer over write vulnerability was found in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() function in gdevlp8k.c file. An attacker could trick a user to open a crafted PDF file, triggering the heap buffer overflow that could lead to memory corruption or a denial of service.

Reference:
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7

Comment 4 Sandipan Roy 2023-11-21 06:00:23 UTC

Created ghostscript tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2250779]

Comment 5 Michael J Gruber 2023-11-21 20:45:40 UTC

Is there a particular reason why this CVE from 2020 is filed now?
Why is it marked "Affects: fedora-all" if it is marked "Fixed In Version: ghostscript 9.27" at the same time? That version is from 2019, and we had it in Fedora 29 already.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2025-04-30 09:07:13 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2025:4362 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4362