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Medium 5.5Published Jan 1, 2022
CVE-2021-45949Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.54.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in sampled_data_finish (called from sampled_data_continue and interp).
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Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.54.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in sampled_data_finish (called from sampled_data_continue and interp).
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-787, CWE-122
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
artifex ghostscript artifex:ghostscript | from 9.50 through 9.54.0 | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 9.0; 10.0; 11.0 | NVD |
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=34675exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2a3129365d3bc0d4a41f107ef175920d1505d1f7
- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/ghostscript/OSV-2021-803.yamlthird-party-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00006.htmlmailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5038third-party-advisory
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