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CVE-2021-45949

CVE-2021-45949MEDIUM

n/a n/a — Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.54.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in sampled_data_finish (called from sampled_data_continue and i…

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   R  U  N  N  H    5.5   .0162   75.7     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Dec 31  Reserved by mitre
  Dec 31  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 8   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2021-45949. Public exploit reference added.
  Oct 8   RESCORED — CVE-2021-45949. CVSS 3.9 → 5.5 (NVD).

CWE-787, CWE-122 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 5 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.54.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in sampled_data_finish (called from sampled_data_continue and interp).

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
December 31, 2021	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
December 31, 2021	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 8, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2021-45949. Public exploit reference added.
October 8, 2026	RESCORED	RESCORED — CVE-2021-45949. CVSS 3.9 → 5.5 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-787 · CWE-122

References (5)

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=34675 [Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory]
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2a3129365d3bc0d4a41f107ef175920d1505d1f7
https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/ghostscript/OSV-2021-803.yaml [Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00006.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5038 [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2021-45949 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-787 · CWE-122

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