{
  "cveId": "CVE-2020-36773",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36773",
  "summary": "CVE-2020-36773 is fixed in ghostscript on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36773, released February 4, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.",
  "title": "ghostscript: Artifex Ghostscript before 9.53.0 has an out-of-bounds write and use-after-free in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c (for txt...",
  "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).",
  "published": "2024-02-04T18:16:00Z",
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss": 9.8,
  "cvssVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "epss": 0.00879,
  "epssPercentile": 0.59295,
  "priority": "Urgent",
  "priorityTier": 2,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ghostscript",
      "release": "Debian 12.15 (bookworm)",
      "fixedVersion": "9.53.0~dfsg-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36773",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2020-36773",
      "released": "2024-02-04T18:16:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ghostscript",
      "release": "Debian 13.5 (trixie)",
      "fixedVersion": "9.53.0~dfsg-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36773",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2020-36773",
      "released": "2024-02-04T18:16:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ghostscript",
      "release": "Debian 14",
      "fixedVersion": "9.53.0~dfsg-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36773",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2020-36773",
      "released": "2024-02-04T18:16:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T00:53:09Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}