Denial of service in Ghostscript
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2022-2085 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-476 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Ghostscript Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
| Vendor | Artifex Software, Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference
EUVDB-ID: #VU67507
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2085
CWE-ID:
CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when processing PDF files. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted PDF file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsGhostscript: 9.00 - 9.55.0
External linkshttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704945
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=ae1061d948d88667bdf51d47d918c4684d0f67df
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2095261
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ERSZX5LKDWAHZWJYBMP2E2UHOPUCDEGV/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
