{"id":"USN-4686-1","summary":"ghostscript vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain image\nfiles. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a\nspecially crafted file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause\nGhostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:02Z","published":"2021-01-07T14:10:16Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5727","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27814","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27824","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27841","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27842","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27843","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27845","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6851","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8112"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-5727","CVE-2020-27814","CVE-2020-27824","CVE-2020-27841","CVE-2020-27842","CVE-2020-27843","CVE-2020-27845","CVE-2020-6851","CVE-2020-8112","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5727","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27814","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27824","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27841","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27842","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27843","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27845","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6851","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8112"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4686-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5727"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-6851"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8112"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27814"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27824"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27841"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27842"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27843"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27845"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14"}]}],"versions":["9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3","9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.3","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.5","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.6","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.7","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.8","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.10","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.11","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.12","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.13"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No 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