{"id":"USN-5075-1","summary":"ghostscript vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript\nfiles. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a\nspecially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\naccess arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of\nservice.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:19Z","published":"2021-09-10T11:57:42Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3781"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-3781","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3781"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5075-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3781"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.3?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.3"}]}],"versions":["9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu3","9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu4","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu1","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu2","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu3","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1","9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.3","binary_name":"ghostscript"},{"binary_version":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.3","binary_name":"ghostscript-x"},{"binary_version":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.3","binary_name":"libgs-dev"},{"binary_version":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.3","binary_name":"libgs9"},{"binary_version":"9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.3","binary_name":"libgs9-common"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"high"}],"id":"CVE-2021-3781"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5075-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}