Approved changes feed: RSS · Atom

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.53.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

part: a version: 9.53.0 update: rc2

VendorArtifex (0075fabc-cec9-5063-a004-04a5c9db1a9b)
ProductGhostscript (2768aa7e-f93f-51c8-bf61-d81e3bb18978)
Edition*
Language*
Software edition*
Target software*
Target hardware*
Other*
NotesImported from NVD CPE 2.0 feed

PURL mappings

PURLSourceLast updated
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:15:00.320300
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:15:00.320302
pkg:github/artifexsoftware/ghostpdl purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:15:00.320304
pkg:github/artifexsoftware/ghostpdl-downloads purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:15:00.320305
pkg:rpm/fedora/ghostscript purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:15:00.320307
pkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:15:00.320309
pkg:sourceforge/ghostscript purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:15:00.320311

Vulnerability references

IdentifiercpeApplicabilitySubmitteddb.gcve.eu detailsRationale
CVE:CVE-2020-36773 vulnerable 2026-06-03 14:42:39.954055 Details available
Artifex Ghostscript before 9.53.0 has an out-of-bounds write and use-after-free in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c (for txtwrite) because a single character code in a PDF document can map to more than one Unicode code point (e.g., for a ligature).
Published: 2024-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2025-05-22T17:29:16.336Z
Reference links
Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data

Contribute

You can submit an edit proposal for this CPE entry or suggest a related product/vendor addition using the action button above.