A null pointer dereference vulnerability in clj_media_size() in devices/gdevclj.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghostscript | Artifex | * | 9.52 (excluding) |
| Ghostscript | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Ghostscript | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Ghostscript | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Ghostscript | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | RedHat | ghostscript-0:9.27-1.el8 | * |