GSD-2016-7978
Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21Details
Use-after-free vulnerability in Ghostscript 9.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a reference leak in .setdevice.
Aliases
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