CVE-2020-27792Ghostscript: heap buffer over write vulnerability in ghostscript's lp8000_print_page() in gdevlp8k.c
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 0.47%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 59% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A heap-based buffer overwrite vulnerability was found in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() function in the gdevlp8k.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted PDF file, triggering the heap buffer overflow that could lead to memory corruption or a denial of service.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 22 months later
· 22 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- unaffected 0:9.27-16.el8_10 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions: unaffected
What to do
Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
References
References7
- RHSA-2025:4362 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27792 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHBZ#2247179 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701844 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220903 [SECURITY] [DLA 3096-1] ghostscript security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-20294 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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