CVE-2022-2085

Name
CVE-2022-2085
Description
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in Ghostscript, which occurs when it tries to render a large number of bits in memory. When allocating a buffer device, it relies on an init_device_procs defined for the device that uses it as a prototype that depends upon the number of bits per pixel. For bpp > 64, mem_x_device is used and does not have an init_device_procs defined. This flaw allows an attacker to parse a large number of bits (more than 64 bits per pixel), which triggers a NULL pointer dereference flaw, causing an application to crash.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704945
MISC http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=ae1061d948d88667bdf51d47d918c4684d0f67df
MISC https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2095261
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ERSZX5LKDWAHZWJYBMP2E2UHOPUCDEGV/
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-11
MISC http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ae1061d948d88667bdf51d47d918c4684d0f67df
MISC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ERSZX5LKDWAHZWJYBMP2E2UHOPUCDEGV/
MISC https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-03

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.55.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ghostscript == None == 9.55.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
ghostscript 3.15-main 9.55.0-r2 Cameron Banta <cbanta@gmail.com> possibly vulnerable