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Critical USN-6017-1 1 CVE

ghostscript vulnerability

Published Apr 13, 2023 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

Hadrien Perrineau discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS ghostscript 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.7
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.2
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm5

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-28879