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Low USN-5224-1 2 CVEs

ghostscript vulnerabilities

Published Jan 12, 2022 · Updated Oct 8, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript
files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly 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 · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.15
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS ghostscript 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.5

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45944
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45949