CVE-2022-2085

Medium

Description

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in Ghostscript, which occurs when it tries to render a large number of bits in memory. When allocating a buffer device, it relies on an init_device_procs defined for the device that uses it as a prototype that depends upon the number of bits per pixel. For bpp > 64, mem_x_device is used and does not have an init_device_procs defined. This flaw allows an attacker to parse a large number of bits (more than 64 bits per pixel), which triggers a NULL pointer dereference flaw, causing an application to crash.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductArtifex Ghostscript
PublishedJun 16, 2022
First seenJun 16, 2022

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
artifex ghostscript9.55.0—
fedoraproject fedora35, 36—

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