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CVE-2020-36773
Artifex Ghostscript before 9.53.0 has an out-of-bounds write and use-after-free...
Vulnerability Description
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).
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
artifex
View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
9.51, 9.52, 9.52.1, 9.53.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 4th, 2024
Last Modified:
May 22nd, 2025
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
No vector data available
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
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