{"id":"CVE-2020-16303","details":"A use-after-free vulnerability in xps_finish_image_path() in devices/vector/gdevxps.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:34:28.179405Z","published":"2020-08-13T03:15:13.960Z","related":["ALSA-2021:1852","MGASA-2020-0344"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=94d8955cb77"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701818"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16303.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"9.50"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"9.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"10.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"16.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"18.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"20.04"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}