CVE-2020-36773
Estado: ModificadaCrítica (9.8)—
Artifex Ghostscript before 9.53.0 has an out-of-bounds write and use-after-free in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c (for txtwrite) because a single character code in a PDF document can map to more than one Unicode code point (e.g., for a ligature).
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.88%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 58
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-416, CWE-787
- CWE-416, CWE-787
Referencias
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702229
- https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177922
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c7bd787defa071c96289b7da9397f673fddb874
- https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/tag/gs9530
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702229
- https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177922
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c7bd787defa071c96289b7da9397f673fddb874
- https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/tag/gs9530
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