{"id":"USN-4445-1","summary":"ghostscript vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript\nfiles. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a\nspecially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\naccess arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code,\n","modified":"2026-04-22T10:06:27.887077Z","published":"2020-08-03T13:07:04Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15900"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-15900","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15900"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4445-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15900"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1"}]}],"versions":["9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu3","9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu4","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu1","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu2","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu3","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1","binary_name":"ghostscript"},{"binary_name":"ghostscript-x","binary_version":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1"},{"binary_name":"libgs9","binary_version":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1"},{"binary_name":"libgs9-common","binary_version":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2020-15900","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4445-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}