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Unscored USN-4469-1 25 CVEs

ghostscript vulnerabilities

Published Aug 24, 2020 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain document
files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.13
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS ghostscript 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2

Vulnerabilities 25

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16287
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16288
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16289
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16290
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16291
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16292
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16293
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16294
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16295
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16296
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16297
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16298
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16299
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16300
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16301
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16302
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16303
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16304
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16305
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16306
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16307
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16308
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16309
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16310
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-17538