5.5

CVE-2020-21710: artifex ghostscript Divide By Zero

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2024:2966UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21710DEBIAN-CVE-2020-21710
Published 22-08-2023Last modified 03-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-21710 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Divide By Zero vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.5% 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
0.70%
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 2 · Related 1
DLA-3582-1USN-6364-1

Timeline

  1. 22-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A divide by zero issue discovered in eps_print_page in gdevepsn.c in Artifex Software GhostScript 9.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via opening of crafted PDF file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.70%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

53%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.70% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.70%

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

Redhat13 products
  • ghostscript< 0:9.27-12.el8
  • ghostscript-debuginfo< 0:9.27-12.el8
  • ghostscript-debugsource< 0:9.27-12.el8
  • ghostscript-doc< 0:9.27-12.el8
  • ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo< 0:9.27-12.el8
Artifex1 product
Debian1 product
  • ghostscript< 9.51~dfsg-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • ghostscript< 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm7 | < 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm2 | < 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.10

4 vendors · 16 products

References

14 links
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