Back

HIGH

GhostPCL gsmchunk.c chunk_free_object memory corruption

Published Apr 14, 2022

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GhostPCL 9.55.0. This vulnerability affects the function chunk_free_object of the file gsmchunk.c. The manipulation with a malicious file leads to a memory corruption. The attack can be initiated remotely but requires user interaction. The exploit has been disclosed to the public as a POC and may be used. It is recommended to apply the patches to fix this issue.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

The `ghostscript` package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not affected by this flaw.

References (8)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED
Assigner VulDB
Published Apr 14, 2022
Updated Apr 15, 2025
Reserved Apr 14, 2022

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Apr 14, 2025

NVD

Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026

Red Hat

Severity Moderate
Public date Apr 14, 2022
Bugzilla 2075523

ENISA EUVD

Assigner VulDB
Published Apr 14, 2022
Updated Apr 15, 2025

GitHub

No data