{"id":"USN-5224-2","summary":"ghostscript vulnerabilities","details":"USN-5224-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript\n files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a\n specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\n cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly\n execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:25Z","published":"2022-01-13T13:41:53Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45944","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45949"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-45944","CVE-2021-45949","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45944","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45949"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5224-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45944"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45949"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1"}]}],"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","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1","binary_name":"ghostscript"},{"binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1","binary_name":"ghostscript-x"},{"binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1","binary_name":"libgs-dev"},{"binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1","binary_name":"libgs9"},{"binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1","binary_name":"libgs9-common"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5224-2.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2021-45944"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2021-45949"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}