CVE-2020-16310

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—

5.5

A division by zero vulnerability in dot24_print_page() in devices/gdevdm24.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.

CVSS v3: 5.5
EG Score: 5.5(medium)
EPSS: 86.3%
KEV: Not listed

Published

August 13, 2020

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (12)

cve@mitrehttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701828
cve@mitrehttps://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=eaba1d97b62831b42c51840cc8ee2bc4576c942e
cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html
cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20
cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/
cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701828
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=eaba1d97b62831b42c51840cc8ee2bc4576c942e
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
ubuntu	libgs9-common (9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.13) @ xenial	2026-05-27	ubuntu
redhat	ghostscript-0:9.27-1.el8	2021-05-18	redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-369Divide By Zero

All Vendor Advisories

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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-05-27 13:39 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-27 00:20 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-27 00:20 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-27 00:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-16310?

CVE-2020-16310 is a medium vulnerability published on August 13, 2020. A division by zero vulnerability in dot24printpage() in devices/gdevdm24.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.

When was CVE-2020-16310 disclosed?

CVE-2020-16310 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 13, 2020, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2020-16310 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-16310 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 86.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-16310?

CVE-2020-16310 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2020-16310?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-16310, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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