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Unscored USN-4686-1 9 CVEs

ghostscript vulnerabilities

Published Jan 7, 2021 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain image
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 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.14

Vulnerabilities 9

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5727
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-6851
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8112
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27814
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27824
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27841
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27842
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27843
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27845