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CVE-2020-16299

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-16299 is a Division by Zero vulnerability in Artifex GhostScript v9.50, specifically within the bj10v_print_page() function, affecting various Linux distributions utilizing GhostScript. A remote attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious PDF file, leading to a denial of service. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (opening the crafted PDF) and has a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.52CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0183 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ghostscript-0:9.27-1.el8
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ghostscript

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-16299Moderate

ghostscript: division by zero in bj10v_print_page() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c could result in a DoS

Aug 13, 2020

References

bugs.ghostscript.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
git.ghostscript.com
git.ghostscript.com
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202008-20
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4469-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4748
Third Party Advisory