5.5

CVE-2020-16310: artifex ghostscript Divide By Zero

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2020-16310UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16310DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16310
Published 13-08-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-16310 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Divide By Zero vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 1.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.77%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 1
DLA-2335-1DSA-4748-1MGASA-2020-0344RHSA-2021:1852USN-4469-1

Timeline

  1. 13-08-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A division by zero vulnerability in dot24_print_page() in devices/gdevdm24.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.77% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.77%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.ghostscript.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Alpine1 product
  • ghostscript< 9.51-r0
Artifex1 product
Canonical1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • ghostscript< 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.13 | < 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13 | < 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2

5 vendors · 6 products

References

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