CVE-2021-45944 (GCVE-0-2021-45944)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-31 23:56 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:54
VLAI?
Summary
Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.53.3 has a use-after-free in sampled_data_sample (called from sampled_data_continue and interp).
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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