CVE-2020-27792

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.1 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2022-08-19

Last modified

2025-11-20

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Ghostscript (Artifex)
• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Enterprise Linux (Redhat)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4362
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27792
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247179
• https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701844
• https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00005.html