Out-of-bounds read In ghostscript
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).
Mitigation
Update Impact
Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.
Ecosystem | Package | Affected version | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|---|
 debian 11 | 9.53.0~dfsg-1 | ||
debian 12 | 9.53.0~dfsg-1 | ||
debian 13 | 9.53.0~dfsg-1 | ||
debian 14 | 9.53.0~dfsg-1 |
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