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Vulnerability details: VCID-kxf9-ftjh-1kcy
Vulnerability ID VCID-kxf9-ftjh-1kcy
Aliases CVE-2020-27792
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.4
Risk 3.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.1 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-27792.json
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
epss 0.00035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27792
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-27792.json
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27792
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27792
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701844
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27792
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00005.html
2247179 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247179
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-27792 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27792
RHSA-2025:4362 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4362
USN-5618-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5618-1/
USN-5643-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5643-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-27792.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27792
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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adjacent_network

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.08396
EPSS Score 0.00035
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:34:33.734174+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/5643-1/ 37.0.0